diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 18a8c52d921eb931b76dc9b297871270708581e8..545c51cef7f7b27c609441f6409b2b244376ab55 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -812,6 +812,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	if (report.inverted_callchain)
 		callchain_param.order = ORDER_CALLER;
+	if (symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain && !callchain_param.order_set)
+		callchain_param.order = ORDER_CALLER;
 
 	if (itrace_synth_opts.callchain &&
 	    (int)itrace_synth_opts.callchain_sz > report.max_stack)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 1de381d3f29f2ba6392d5641a9be3c76eff0998a..af849b1d7389af0d8a02dd9e20e48456c4023fed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1304,6 +1304,9 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		perf_hpp__cancel_cumulate();
 	}
 
+	if (symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain && !callchain_param.order_set)
+		callchain_param.order = ORDER_CALLER;
+
 	symbol_conf.priv_size = sizeof(struct annotation);
 
 	symbol_conf.try_vmlinux_path = (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name == NULL);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 842be32899ee1b1b6b22076b6dec7fcf3883f2ef..735ad48e1858b0382c9aacc84e0b912e9329c86a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ static int parse_callchain_order(const char *value)
 {
 	if (!strncmp(value, "caller", strlen(value))) {
 		callchain_param.order = ORDER_CALLER;
+		callchain_param.order_set = true;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strncmp(value, "callee", strlen(value))) {
 		callchain_param.order = ORDER_CALLEE;
+		callchain_param.order_set = true;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
index 836d59a001bc45309ce530970f8f0b8e2d9072ba..aaf467c9ef2b24139dbb1b1ce955c07034a3ebf1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct callchain_param {
 	double			min_percent;
 	sort_chain_func_t	sort;
 	enum chain_order	order;
+	bool			order_set;
 	enum chain_key		key;
 	bool			branch_callstack;
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index c1bf9ff210b0e878542f416eb2902af94d0a7dcc..cd12c25e4ea408b1b873d8368f5081d3e2a72113 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 struct callchain_param	callchain_param = {
 	.mode	= CHAIN_GRAPH_ABS,
 	.min_percent = 0.5,
-	.order  = ORDER_CALLER,
+	.order  = ORDER_CALLEE,
 	.key	= CCKEY_FUNCTION
 };