diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index 3e9490b9c5334486d9787d52e531e1002c917c47..af80284cd2f60ddaddbe48b5b45e51096c9d2e16 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -c::
 --compute::
-        Differential computation selection - delta,ratio,wdiff (default is delta).
+        Differential computation selection - delta,ratio,wdiff,delta-abs (default is delta).
         See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
 
 -p::
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ with:
     relative to how entries are filtered.  Use --percentage=absolute to
     prevent such fluctuation.
 
+delta-abs
+~~~~~~~~~
+Same as 'delta` method, but sort the result with the absolute values.
+
 ratio
 ~~~~~
 If specified the 'Ratio' column is displayed with value 'r' computed as:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 933aeec46f4a128754ef586c07df8e6d7d81eae0..781c9e60bd213b35c792f4eafc4c0a67c47e66b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum {
 	PERF_HPP_DIFF__RATIO,
 	PERF_HPP_DIFF__WEIGHTED_DIFF,
 	PERF_HPP_DIFF__FORMULA,
+	PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA_ABS,
 
 	PERF_HPP_DIFF__MAX_INDEX
 };
@@ -73,11 +74,13 @@ enum {
 	COMPUTE_DELTA,
 	COMPUTE_RATIO,
 	COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF,
+	COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS,
 	COMPUTE_MAX,
 };
 
 const char *compute_names[COMPUTE_MAX] = {
 	[COMPUTE_DELTA] = "delta",
+	[COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS] = "delta-abs",
 	[COMPUTE_RATIO] = "ratio",
 	[COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF] = "wdiff",
 };
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ static int compute;
 
 static int compute_2_hpp[COMPUTE_MAX] = {
 	[COMPUTE_DELTA]		= PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA,
+	[COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS]	= PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA_ABS,
 	[COMPUTE_RATIO]		= PERF_HPP_DIFF__RATIO,
 	[COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF]	= PERF_HPP_DIFF__WEIGHTED_DIFF,
 };
@@ -111,6 +115,10 @@ static struct header_column {
 		.name  = "Delta",
 		.width = 7,
 	},
+	[PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA_ABS] = {
+		.name  = "Delta Abs",
+		.width = 7,
+	},
 	[PERF_HPP_DIFF__RATIO] = {
 		.name  = "Ratio",
 		.width = 14,
@@ -298,6 +306,7 @@ static int formula_fprintf(struct hist_entry *he, struct hist_entry *pair,
 {
 	switch (compute) {
 	case COMPUTE_DELTA:
+	case COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS:
 		return formula_delta(he, pair, buf, size);
 	case COMPUTE_RATIO:
 		return formula_ratio(he, pair, buf, size);
@@ -461,6 +470,7 @@ static void hists__precompute(struct hists *hists)
 
 			switch (compute) {
 			case COMPUTE_DELTA:
+			case COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS:
 				compute_delta(he, pair);
 				break;
 			case COMPUTE_RATIO:
@@ -498,6 +508,13 @@ __hist_entry__cmp_compute(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right,
 
 		return cmp_doubles(l, r);
 	}
+	case COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS:
+	{
+		double l = fabs(left->diff.period_ratio_delta);
+		double r = fabs(right->diff.period_ratio_delta);
+
+		return cmp_doubles(l, r);
+	}
 	case COMPUTE_RATIO:
 	{
 		double l = left->diff.period_ratio;
@@ -564,7 +581,7 @@ hist_entry__cmp_compute_idx(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right,
 	if (!p_left || !p_right)
 		return p_left ? -1 : 1;
 
-	if (c != COMPUTE_DELTA) {
+	if (c != COMPUTE_DELTA && c != COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS) {
 		/*
 		 * The delta can be computed without the baseline, but
 		 * others are not.  Put those entries which have no
@@ -606,6 +623,15 @@ hist_entry__cmp_delta(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 	return hist_entry__cmp_compute(right, left, COMPUTE_DELTA, d->idx);
 }
 
+static int64_t
+hist_entry__cmp_delta_abs(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
+		      struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
+{
+	struct data__file *d = fmt_to_data_file(fmt);
+
+	return hist_entry__cmp_compute(right, left, COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS, d->idx);
+}
+
 static int64_t
 hist_entry__cmp_ratio(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 		      struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
@@ -632,6 +658,14 @@ hist_entry__cmp_delta_idx(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt __maybe_unused,
 					   sort_compute);
 }
 
+static int64_t
+hist_entry__cmp_delta_abs_idx(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt __maybe_unused,
+			      struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
+{
+	return hist_entry__cmp_compute_idx(right, left, COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS,
+					   sort_compute);
+}
+
 static int64_t
 hist_entry__cmp_ratio_idx(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt __maybe_unused,
 			  struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
@@ -775,7 +809,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "baseline-only", &show_baseline_only,
 		    "Show only items with match in baseline"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('c', "compute", &compute,
-		     "delta,ratio,wdiff:w1,w2 (default delta)",
+		     "delta,delta-abs,ratio,wdiff:w1,w2 (default delta)",
 		     "Entries differential computation selection",
 		     setup_compute),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "period", &show_period,
@@ -945,6 +979,7 @@ hpp__entry_pair(struct hist_entry *he, struct hist_entry *pair,
 
 	switch (idx) {
 	case PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA:
+	case PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA_ABS:
 		if (pair->diff.computed)
 			diff = pair->diff.period_ratio_delta;
 		else
@@ -1118,6 +1153,10 @@ static void data__hpp_register(struct data__file *d, int idx)
 		fmt->color = hpp__color_wdiff;
 		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_wdiff;
 		break;
+	case PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA_ABS:
+		fmt->color = hpp__color_delta;
+		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_delta_abs;
+		break;
 	default:
 		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
 		break;
@@ -1195,6 +1234,9 @@ static int ui_init(void)
 	case COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF:
 		fmt->sort = hist_entry__cmp_wdiff_idx;
 		break;
+	case COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS:
+		fmt->sort = hist_entry__cmp_delta_abs_idx;
+		break;
 	default:
 		BUG_ON(1);
 	}