diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
index 822414235170..095aebdc5bb7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ and calls standard perf record command.
 Following perf record options are configured by default:
 (check perf record man page for details)
 
-  -W,-d,--sample-cpu
+  -W,-d,--phys-data,--sample-cpu
 
 Unless specified otherwise with '-e' option, following events are monitored by
 default:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index 98d243fa0c06..95765a1db903 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -2704,7 +2704,7 @@ static int perf_c2c__record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_mem_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
 
-	rec_argc = argc + 10; /* max number of arguments */
+	rec_argc = argc + 11; /* max number of arguments */
 	rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *));
 	if (!rec_argv)
 		return -1;
@@ -2720,6 +2720,7 @@ static int perf_c2c__record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		rec_argv[i++] = "-W";
 
 	rec_argv[i++] = "-d";
+	rec_argv[i++] = "--phys-data";
 	rec_argv[i++] = "--sample-cpu";
 
 	for (j = 0; j < PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX; j++) {