diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1e247198d5e0..d864ed00b2ec 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fec9cbd15b9e99bab9bc50f1ed7e20a1087d7c6d
+refs/heads/master: 712a4b6049724278121d56aba683151d86c8c35a
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index a4aaadcb4c8b..db4cd1e7b51a 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -538,11 +538,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (have_tracepoints(&evsel_list->entries))
 		perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_TRACE_INFO);
 
-	/*
- 	 * perf_session__delete(session) will be called at atexit_header()
-	 */
-	atexit(atexit_header);
-
 	if (forks) {
 		child_pid = fork();
 		if (child_pid < 0) {
@@ -601,6 +596,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	perf_session__set_sample_type(session, sample_type);
 
+	/*
+	 * perf_session__delete(session) will be called at atexit_header()
+	 */
+	atexit(atexit_header);
+
 	if (pipe_output) {
 		err = perf_header__write_pipe(output);
 		if (err < 0)