diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 1eca45190360a8359f0102d64f528860ac34c382..2dce4fe86acd7dc5390d183131e93f7f663138ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1418,6 +1418,9 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (opts->branch_stack && callchain_param.enabled)
+		symbol_conf.show_branchflag_count = true;
+
 	sort__mode = SORT_MODE__TOP;
 	/* display thread wants entries to be collapsed in a different tree */
 	perf_hpp_list.need_collapse = 1;