diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 25526d6eae59f65a4a0405c9186d93b9cd5d3d59..d4991a235155b8ee1640737af71b08946838fdd6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ static int timechart__record(struct timechart *tchart, int argc, const char **ar
 	for (i = 0; i < old_power_args_nr; i++)
 		*p++ = strdup(old_power_args[i]);
 
-	for (j = 1; j < (unsigned int)argc; j++)
+	for (j = 0; j < (unsigned int)argc; j++)
 		*p++ = argv[j];
 
 	return cmd_record(rec_argc, rec_argv, NULL);