diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1bcbc1dc801c..6f322a585752 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 01d14f1615dfe1c6d040541501445967ac716009
+refs/heads/master: 00c7e1f10c6b8ae8a031f5c6a58ecd15d20c52cb
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 9ef38424f7c3..0d221870561a 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 
 #include "util/util.h"
+#include "util/cache.h"
 
 #include "util/annotate.h"
 #include "util/color.h"
@@ -54,6 +55,16 @@ struct perf_report {
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
 };
 
+static int perf_report_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(var, "report.group")) {
+		symbol_conf.event_group = perf_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
+}
+
 static int perf_report__add_branch_hist_entry(struct perf_tool *tool,
 					struct addr_location *al,
 					struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -677,6 +688,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 
+	perf_config(perf_report_config, NULL);
+
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, report_usage, 0);
 
 	if (report.use_stdio)