diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d864ed00b2ec..7d0eb6b180d1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 712a4b6049724278121d56aba683151d86c8c35a
+refs/heads/master: 74cfc17dc1a69c37ce6c8a76c1ce84bcb796eb0e
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index f9a99a1ce609..dddcc7ea2bec 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
 		perf_session__fprintf_dsos(session, stdout);
 
 	next = rb_first(&session->hists_tree);
+
+	if (next == NULL) {
+		ui__warning("The %s file has no samples!\n", input_name);
+		goto out_delete;
+	}
+
 	while (next) {
 		struct hists *hists;