diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index d9cc0e3f284f..c2e5d56a291d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ static int read_events(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm)
 		.ordered_samples	= true,
 	};
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
-		.path = input_name,
+		.path = kvm->file_name,
 		.mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
 	};