diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 50ff9795a4f11..357d6b972b9da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -593,10 +593,13 @@ static void perf_event__mmap2_swap(union perf_event *event,
 	event->mmap2.start = bswap_64(event->mmap2.start);
 	event->mmap2.len   = bswap_64(event->mmap2.len);
 	event->mmap2.pgoff = bswap_64(event->mmap2.pgoff);
-	event->mmap2.maj   = bswap_32(event->mmap2.maj);
-	event->mmap2.min   = bswap_32(event->mmap2.min);
-	event->mmap2.ino   = bswap_64(event->mmap2.ino);
-	event->mmap2.ino_generation = bswap_64(event->mmap2.ino_generation);
+
+	if (!(event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_BUILD_ID)) {
+		event->mmap2.maj   = bswap_32(event->mmap2.maj);
+		event->mmap2.min   = bswap_32(event->mmap2.min);
+		event->mmap2.ino   = bswap_64(event->mmap2.ino);
+		event->mmap2.ino_generation = bswap_64(event->mmap2.ino_generation);
+	}
 
 	if (sample_id_all) {
 		void *data = &event->mmap2.filename;