diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 73ce651c84f678cbbf8c8aaf2236b651738c6390..dc3fcb597e4c10cf091dcad73a53776387baab16 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -83,6 +83,54 @@ static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	return record__write(rec, event, event->header.size);
 }
 
+static int
+backward_rb_find_range(void *buf, int mask, u64 head, u64 *start, u64 *end)
+{
+	struct perf_event_header *pheader;
+	u64 evt_head = head;
+	int size = mask + 1;
+
+	pr_debug2("backward_rb_find_range: buf=%p, head=%"PRIx64"\n", buf, head);
+	pheader = (struct perf_event_header *)(buf + (head & mask));
+	*start = head;
+	while (true) {
+		if (evt_head - head >= (unsigned int)size) {
+			pr_debug("Finshed reading backward ring buffer: rewind\n");
+			if (evt_head - head > (unsigned int)size)
+				evt_head -= pheader->size;
+			*end = evt_head;
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		pheader = (struct perf_event_header *)(buf + (evt_head & mask));
+
+		if (pheader->size == 0) {
+			pr_debug("Finshed reading backward ring buffer: get start\n");
+			*end = evt_head;
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		evt_head += pheader->size;
+		pr_debug3("move evt_head: %"PRIx64"\n", evt_head);
+	}
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "Shouldn't get here\n");
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+rb_find_range(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+	      void *data, int mask, u64 head, u64 old,
+	      u64 *start, u64 *end)
+{
+	if (!evlist->backward) {
+		*start = old;
+		*end = head;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return backward_rb_find_range(data, mask, head, start, end);
+}
+
 static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, int idx)
 {
 	struct perf_mmap *md = &rec->evlist->mmap[idx];
@@ -94,6 +142,10 @@ static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, int idx)
 	void *buf;
 	int rc = 0;
 
+	if (rb_find_range(rec->evlist, data, md->mask, head,
+			  old, &start, &end))
+		return -1;
+
 	if (start == end)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 904523a2be9086d289c17f7ac431639c7055e368..e82ba90cc96997b03042c79c180e2de34bec231f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ void perf_evlist__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct cpu_map *cpus,
 	perf_evlist__set_maps(evlist, cpus, threads);
 	fdarray__init(&evlist->pollfd, 64);
 	evlist->workload.pid = -1;
+	evlist->backward = false;
 }
 
 struct perf_evlist *perf_evlist__new(void)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 97090b70976dfa5a5eeafd7ba7e8d947a0bc35e5..d740fb877ab6f22ac912c9fdc972fc39f1bedc6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct perf_evlist {
 	bool		 overwrite;
 	bool		 enabled;
 	bool		 has_user_cpus;
+	bool		 backward;
 	size_t		 mmap_len;
 	int		 id_pos;
 	int		 is_pos;