diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index add6b1c2aaf0..6c2b4f93ec78 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1727,7 +1727,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
 			sort_order = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (sort_order && strstr(sort_order, "type")) {
+	if ((sort_order && strstr(sort_order, "type")) ||
+	    (field_order && strstr(field_order, "type"))) {
 		report.data_type = true;
 		annotate_opts.annotate_src = false;