diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index b5ef53ad4c7a..bf280449fcfd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct perf_header {
 	int frozen;
 	int attrs, size;
 	struct perf_header_attr **attr;
-	off_t attr_offset;
+	s64 attr_offset;
 	u64 data_offset;
 	u64 data_size;
 };