diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index d23db6755f51..f320adaf1326 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ int perf_evsel__parse_sample(struct evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (evsel__has_callchain(evsel)) {
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) {
 		const u64 max_callchain_nr = UINT64_MAX / sizeof(u64);
 
 		OVERFLOW_CHECK_u64(array);