diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index 4ce815bb360de85fc471596fe8fddd6f53000715..e992e72069937db476a606d55dc0ed13f7d77d86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@ int cmd_lock(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace, "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -960,14 +961,12 @@ int cmd_lock(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		    "dump thread list in perf.data"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "map", &info_map,
 		    "map of lock instances (address:name table)"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
 	OPT_PARENT(lock_options)
 	};
 
 	const struct option report_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('k', "key", &sort_key, "acquired",
 		    "key for sorting (acquired / contended / avg_wait / wait_total / wait_max / wait_min)"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
 	/* TODO: type */
 	OPT_PARENT(lock_options)
 	};