diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 5b6ccb90b39712..1b4091a3b508bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ int auxtrace_parse_snapshot_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (itr)
+	if (itr && itr->parse_snapshot_options)
 		return itr->parse_snapshot_options(itr, opts, str);
 
 	pr_err("No AUX area tracing to snapshot\n");