diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
index bad9e0296e9ab5dafa4c237fe2c0f1760b57fda1..60bb80689e6637422ce1cdad4c0cc882a6b4fc29 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ int ordered_events__queue(struct ordered_events *oe, union perf_event *event,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe)
+static int __ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe,
+				   bool show_progress)
 {
 	struct list_head *head = &oe->events;
 	struct ordered_event *tmp, *iter;
 	u64 limit = oe->next_flush;
 	u64 last_ts = oe->last ? oe->last->timestamp : 0ULL;
-	bool show_progress = limit == ULLONG_MAX;
 	struct ui_progress prog;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ int ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe, enum oe_flush how)
 		"HALF ",
 	};
 	int err;
+	bool show_progress = false;
 
 	if (oe->nr_events == 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ int ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe, enum oe_flush how)
 	switch (how) {
 	case OE_FLUSH__FINAL:
 		oe->next_flush = ULLONG_MAX;
+		show_progress = true;
 		break;
 
 	case OE_FLUSH__HALF:
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ int ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe, enum oe_flush how)
 		   str[how], oe->nr_events);
 	pr_oe_time(oe->max_timestamp, "max_timestamp\n");
 
-	err = __ordered_events__flush(oe);
+	err = __ordered_events__flush(oe, show_progress);
 
 	if (!err) {
 		if (how == OE_FLUSH__ROUND)