diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 21807153f4a5..08a2660b713a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7eac7e9e726c1b136bd7e0ad6671ce315f48bb18
+refs/heads/master: 266e0e219888420a1a7cafc82e82891cf7b5a979
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 90c98082af10..0345aad8eba5 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -525,10 +525,14 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
 	signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 
-	if (!stat(output_name, &st) && !force && !append_file) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
-				output_name);
-		exit(-1);
+	if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
+		if (!force && !append_file) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
+					output_name);
+			exit(-1);
+		}
+	} else {
+		append_file = 0;
 	}
 
 	flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;