diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index ee94b728fca4b3a4e10df847ca7ee26e663fa844..8521e3c89b8d5ef6f0a553e87c9821d33da15789 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1917,8 +1917,6 @@ static int __setup_output_field(void)
 	if (field_order == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	reset_dimensions();
-
 	strp = str = strdup(field_order);
 	if (str == NULL) {
 		error("Not enough memory to setup output fields");