diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 8064de8ceedc44a05321ae22f762f32002e0aab9..3dfbfffe2ecdbc5bb31a2640a8c65d35284a6717 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -911,6 +911,9 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (itrace_synth_opts.last_branch)
 		has_br_stack = true;
 
+	if (has_br_stack && branch_call_mode)
+		symbol_conf.show_branchflag_count = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * Branch mode is a tristate:
 	 * -1 means default, so decide based on the file having branch data.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index d964844eb3141fa1b94b1a39c8db05557b4f50d6..2d0a905c879af272932a4769b4acb5479f3e8672 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct symbol_conf {
 			show_total_period,
 			use_callchain,
 			cumulate_callchain,
+			show_branchflag_count,
 			exclude_other,
 			show_cpu_utilization,
 			initialized,