diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index f3f7f3100336..e983c8d71a79 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int record__process_auxtrace(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	size_t padding;
 	u8 pad[8] = {0};
 
-	if (!perf_data__is_pipe(data)) {
+	if (!perf_data__is_pipe(data) && !perf_data__is_dir(data)) {
 		off_t file_offset;
 		int fd = perf_data__fd(data);
 		int err;