diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index efcadb7620b8..1bfe41783a7c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -632,12 +632,22 @@ static int __cmd_annotate(struct perf_annotate *ann)
 	evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, pos) {
 		struct hists *hists = evsel__hists(pos);
 		u32 nr_samples = hists->stats.nr_samples;
+		struct ui_progress prog;
+		struct evsel *evsel;
+
+		if (!symbol_conf.event_group || !evsel__is_group_leader(pos))
+			continue;
+
+		for_each_group_member(evsel, pos)
+			nr_samples += evsel__hists(evsel)->stats.nr_samples;
 
 		if (nr_samples == 0)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!symbol_conf.event_group || !evsel__is_group_leader(pos))
-			continue;
+		ui_progress__init(&prog, nr_samples,
+				  "Sorting group events for output...");
+		evsel__output_resort(pos, &prog);
+		ui_progress__finish();
 
 		hists__find_annotations(hists, pos, ann);
 	}