diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 378f497f4be3..e41ae950fdc3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ is enabled for all the sampling events. The sampled branch type is the same for
 The various filters must be specified as a comma separated list: --branch-filter any_ret,u,k
 Note that this feature may not be available on all processors.
 
+-W::
 --weight::
 Enable weightened sampling. An additional weight is recorded per sample and can be
 displayed with the weight and local_weight sort keys.  This currently works for TSX
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index f35a47b2dbe4..a9190458d2d5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -3281,6 +3281,7 @@ static int perf_c2c__record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		 */
 		if (e->tag) {
 			e->record = true;
+			rec_argv[i++] = "-W";
 		} else {
 			e = perf_mem_events__ptr(PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD);
 			e->record = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index 9e435fd23503..f7dd8216de72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, struct perf_mem *mem)
 	    (mem->operation & MEM_OPERATION_LOAD) &&
 	    (mem->operation & MEM_OPERATION_STORE)) {
 		e->record = true;
+		rec_argv[i++] = "-W";
 	} else {
 		if (mem->operation & MEM_OPERATION_LOAD) {
 			e = perf_mem_events__ptr(PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD);