diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5ccc6b577249..7e87d6e23051 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7ced156bb8bb6363b6ed541871bf19a90273f910
+refs/heads/master: 119e7a22bb70d84849384e5113792cd45afa4f85
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 4ac618b34254..4c7bc4436236 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -984,8 +984,8 @@ static int __cmd_annotate(void)
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
-	if (!force && (input_stat.st_uid != geteuid())) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "file: %s not owned by current user\n", input_name);
+	if (!force && input_stat.st_uid && (input_stat.st_uid != geteuid())) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "file: %s not owned by current user or root\n", input_name);
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index d2e28820ee60..ea6328a893cc 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1405,8 +1405,8 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
-	if (!force && (input_stat.st_uid != geteuid())) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "file: %s not owned by current user\n", input_name);
+	if (!force && input_stat.st_uid && (input_stat.st_uid != geteuid())) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "file: %s not owned by current user or root\n", input_name);
 		exit(-1);
 	}