diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 21b5c2f..60d7f8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/sort.h"
 #include "util/hist.h"
+#include "util/data.h"
 #include "arch/common.h"
 
 #include <dlfcn.h>
@@ -857,6 +858,9 @@
 		     "Don't show entries under that percent", parse_percent_limit),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
+	struct perf_data_file file = {
+		.mode  = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
+	};
 
 	perf_config(perf_report_config, &report);
 
@@ -886,9 +890,11 @@
 		perf_hpp__init();
 	}
 
+	file.path  = input_name;
+	file.force = report.force;
+
 repeat:
-	session = perf_session__new(input_name, O_RDONLY,
-				    report.force, false, &report.tool);
+	session = perf_session__new(&file, false, &report.tool);
 	if (session == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;