diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 22ebeb92ac51d9d0f60b26772e44f427e284c230..44e8fff2ea1cea144117ea2de5b4317843e01e4c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		 */
 		if (done && !disabled && !target__none(&opts->target)) {
 			trigger_off(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
-			perf_evlist__disable(rec->evlist);
+			perf_evlist__terminate(rec->evlist);
 			disabled = true;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 819aa4491b534072cfebf69cded6fa4478d37510..18c61f77cc2c149415316943fbd2cda50f9470a8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -357,6 +357,20 @@ static int perf_evlist__nr_threads(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 		return thread_map__nr(evlist->threads);
 }
 
+void perf_evlist__terminate(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, pos) {
+		if (!perf_evsel__is_group_leader(pos) || !pos->fd)
+			continue;
+		perf_evsel__disable(pos);
+		pos->terminated = true;
+	}
+
+	evlist->enabled = false;
+}
+
 void perf_evlist__disable(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index dc66436add98a3c795efa3ddf0889f09f1d7abe3..a7722cc4e7d27d4f6abeb265a49d959ca3209797 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
 size_t perf_evlist__mmap_size(unsigned long pages);
 
+void perf_evlist__terminate(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__disable(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__enable(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__toggle_enable(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 163c960614d336a62f943e2ccd2e4663e973a0ab..feec6bf22a4091319d63dc9984c1180db3de1e2c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	bool			collect_stat;
 	bool			weak_group;
 	const char		*pmu_name;
+	bool			terminated;
 };
 
 union u64_swap {