diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data_map.c b/tools/perf/util/data_map.c
index 00a9c114c8d0..66e58aaecce3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data_map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data_map.c
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ process_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 	}
 }
 
-static int perf_header__read_build_ids(const struct perf_header *self,
-				       int input, off_t file_size)
+int perf_header__read_build_ids(const struct perf_header *self,
+				int input, off_t file_size)
 {
 	off_t offset = self->data_offset + self->data_size;
 	struct build_id_event bev;
@@ -163,10 +163,6 @@ int mmap_dispatch_perf_file(struct perf_header **pheader,
 		if (curr_handler->sample_type_check(sample_type) < 0)
 			exit(-1);
 
-	if (perf_header__has_feat(header, HEADER_BUILD_ID) &&
-	    perf_header__read_build_ids(header, input, input_stat.st_size))
-		pr_debug("failed to read buildids, continuing...\n");
-
 	if (load_kernel(NULL) < 0) {
 		perror("failed to load kernel symbols");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data_map.h b/tools/perf/util/data_map.h
index 716d1053b074..c4122810e489 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data_map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data_map.h
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ int mmap_dispatch_perf_file(struct perf_header **pheader,
 			    int full_paths,
 			    int *cwdlen,
 			    char **cwd);
+int perf_header__read_build_ids(const struct perf_header *self,
+				int input, off_t file_size);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 2f702c23f71a..915b56edbf02 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
+#include "data_map.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 /*
  * Create new perf.data header attribute:
@@ -322,6 +324,14 @@ static void perf_header__adds_read(struct perf_header *self, int fd)
 		trace_report(fd);
 		lseek(fd, trace_sec.offset + trace_sec.size, SEEK_SET);
 	}
+
+	if (perf_header__has_feat(self, HEADER_BUILD_ID)) {
+		struct stat input_stat;
+
+		fstat(fd, &input_stat);
+		if (perf_header__read_build_ids(self, fd, input_stat.st_size))
+			pr_debug("failed to read buildids, continuing...\n");
+	}
 };
 
 struct perf_header *perf_header__read(int fd)
@@ -382,14 +392,14 @@ struct perf_header *perf_header__read(int fd)
 
 	memcpy(&self->adds_features, &f_header.adds_features, sizeof(f_header.adds_features));
 
-	perf_header__adds_read(self, fd);
-
 	self->event_offset = f_header.event_types.offset;
 	self->event_size   = f_header.event_types.size;
 
 	self->data_offset = f_header.data.offset;
 	self->data_size   = f_header.data.size;
 
+	perf_header__adds_read(self, fd);
+
 	lseek(fd, self->data_offset, SEEK_SET);
 
 	self->frozen = 1;