diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index d33103291b02..22ebeb92ac51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -754,13 +754,10 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec, bool tail)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (data->is_pipe) {
-		err = perf_event__synthesize_features(
-			tool, session, rec->evlist, process_synthesized_event);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			pr_err("Couldn't synthesize features.\n");
-			return err;
-		}
-
+		/*
+		 * We need to synthesize events first, because some
+		 * features works on top of them (on report side).
+		 */
 		err = perf_event__synthesize_attrs(tool, session,
 						   process_synthesized_event);
 		if (err < 0) {
@@ -768,6 +765,13 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec, bool tail)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		err = perf_event__synthesize_features(tool, session, rec->evlist,
+						      process_synthesized_event);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			pr_err("Couldn't synthesize features.\n");
+			return err;
+		}
+
 		if (have_tracepoints(&rec->evlist->entries)) {
 			/*
 			 * FIXME err <= 0 here actually means that