diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
index 357f1b13b5ae3e585aa609e303e08bd6f344d546..2e5567c94e09430f86db124a9a0fa1a05799943d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ int perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc,
 	struct perf_tsc_conversion tc;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!pc)
+		return 0;
 	err = perf_read_tsc_conversion(pc, &tc);
 	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index dc3fcb597e4c10cf091dcad73a53776387baab16..d4cf1b0c88f91703dba0785a06f5dd9b86ee4799 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc __maybe_unused
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const struct perf_event_mmap_page *record__pick_pc(struct record *rec)
+{
+	if (rec->evlist && rec->evlist->mmap && rec->evlist->mmap[0].base)
+		return rec->evlist->mmap[0].base;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session = rec->session;
@@ -692,7 +699,7 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec)
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = perf_event__synth_time_conv(rec->evlist->mmap[0].base, tool,
+	err = perf_event__synth_time_conv(record__pick_pc(rec), tool,
 					  process_synthesized_event, machine);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;