diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 62b49ca0fc7b0533ab7e957bce88ecfb436c297b..4d642db642c5a286b92a44ef6252741a1b0ac26c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -815,8 +815,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	/* Force tty output for header output. */
-	if (report.header || report.header_only)
+	/* Force tty output for header output and per-thread stat. */
+	if (report.header || report.header_only || report.show_threads)
 		use_browser = 0;
 
 	if (strcmp(input_name, "-") != 0)