diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 3b570e808b31..b205c1340456 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -926,15 +926,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If we have just single event and are sending data
-	 * through pipe, we need to force the ids allocation,
-	 * because we synthesize event name through the pipe
-	 * and need the id for that.
-	 */
-	if (data->is_pipe && rec->evlist->nr_entries == 1)
-		rec->opts.sample_id = true;
-
 	if (record__open(rec) != 0) {
 		err = -1;
 		goto out_child;
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index de1debcd3ee7..55086389fc06 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ struct record_opts {
 	bool	     tail_synthesize;
 	bool	     overwrite;
 	bool	     ignore_missing_thread;
-	bool	     sample_id;
 	unsigned int freq;
 	unsigned int mmap_pages;
 	unsigned int auxtrace_mmap_pages;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index 6f09e4962dad..1e97937b03a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts,
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	bool use_sample_identifier = false;
 	bool use_comm_exec;
-	bool sample_id = opts->sample_id;
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the evsel leader links before we configure attributes,
@@ -164,7 +163,8 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts,
 		 * match the id.
 		 */
 		use_sample_identifier = perf_can_sample_identifier();
-		sample_id = true;
+		evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel)
+			perf_evsel__set_sample_id(evsel, use_sample_identifier);
 	} else if (evlist->nr_entries > 1) {
 		struct perf_evsel *first = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
 
@@ -174,10 +174,6 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts,
 			use_sample_identifier = perf_can_sample_identifier();
 			break;
 		}
-		sample_id = true;
-	}
-
-	if (sample_id) {
 		evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel)
 			perf_evsel__set_sample_id(evsel, use_sample_identifier);
 	}