diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 838c0bc38105fa5d188b6326749d48fda72a58b2..717ba021523406f6138441d3790c41bd25f2689a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ static void print_sample_bts(struct perf_sample *sample,
 			}
 		}
 		perf_evsel__fprintf_sym(evsel, sample, al, 0, print_opts,
+					symbol_conf.use_callchain,
 					scripting_max_stack, stdout);
 	}
 
@@ -790,6 +791,7 @@ static void process_event(struct perf_script *script,
 
 		perf_evsel__fprintf_sym(evsel, sample, al, 0,
 					output[attr->type].print_ip_opts,
+					symbol_conf.use_callchain,
 					scripting_max_stack, stdout);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 38f464a4fa04fb436fcd44493b832be97b42d21d..60bba67e6959ee8225b70b49a9b15d3b1192de49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2430,8 +2430,8 @@ int perf_evsel__fprintf_callchain(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *
 
 int perf_evsel__fprintf_sym(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
 			    struct addr_location *al, int left_alignment,
-			    unsigned int print_opts, unsigned int stack_depth,
-			    FILE *fp)
+			    unsigned int print_opts, bool print_callchain,
+			    unsigned int stack_depth, FILE *fp)
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 	int print_ip = print_opts & EVSEL__PRINT_IP;
@@ -2441,7 +2441,7 @@ int perf_evsel__fprintf_sym(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample
 	int print_srcline = print_opts & EVSEL__PRINT_SRCLINE;
 	int print_unknown_as_addr = print_opts & EVSEL__PRINT_UNKNOWN_AS_ADDR;
 
-	if (symbol_conf.use_callchain && sample->callchain) {
+	if (print_callchain && sample->callchain) {
 		printed += perf_evsel__fprintf_callchain(evsel, sample, al, left_alignment,
 							 print_opts, stack_depth, fp);
 	} else if (!(al->sym && al->sym->ignore)) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 36edd3c91d5c02104f312023968e2ebe13cb595f..013f3615730bd74d46249a38e79a451cab8d676e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ int perf_evsel__fprintf_callchain(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 
 int perf_evsel__fprintf_sym(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
 			    struct addr_location *al, int left_alignment,
-			    unsigned int print_opts, unsigned int stack_depth,
-			    FILE *fp);
+			    unsigned int print_opts, bool print_callchain,
+			    unsigned int stack_depth, FILE *fp);
 
 bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int err,
 			  char *msg, size_t msgsize);