diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
index 4b584cb30c777b1334e54716431cfea602277a52..8d3dac26cba2710e36d547f373a742ce3e24b25a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ int ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe, enum oe_flush how)
 	return err;
 }
 
-void ordered_events__init(struct ordered_events *oe, ordered_events__deliver_t deliver)
+void ordered_events__init(struct ordered_events *oe, ordered_events__deliver_t deliver,
+			  void *data)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&oe->events);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&oe->cache);
@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ void ordered_events__init(struct ordered_events *oe, ordered_events__deliver_t d
 	oe->max_alloc_size = (u64) -1;
 	oe->cur_alloc_size = 0;
 	oe->deliver	   = deliver;
+	oe->data	   = data;
 }
 
 void ordered_events__free(struct ordered_events *oe)
@@ -322,5 +324,5 @@ void ordered_events__reinit(struct ordered_events *oe)
 
 	ordered_events__free(oe);
 	memset(oe, '\0', sizeof(*oe));
-	ordered_events__init(oe, old_deliver);
+	ordered_events__init(oe, old_deliver, oe->data);
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
index 497349acf273e27ff1aa5255307ee488a57d4a2f..a56a639f79b2b2df59b16d98ce17fd62c1f064b0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@ struct ordered_events {
 	enum oe_flush		last_flush_type;
 	u32			nr_unordered_events;
 	bool                    copy_on_queue;
+	void			*data;
 };
 
 int ordered_events__queue(struct ordered_events *oe, union perf_event *event,
 			  u64 timestamp, u64 file_offset);
 void ordered_events__delete(struct ordered_events *oe, struct ordered_event *event);
 int ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe, enum oe_flush how);
-void ordered_events__init(struct ordered_events *oe, ordered_events__deliver_t deliver);
+void ordered_events__init(struct ordered_events *oe, ordered_events__deliver_t deliver,
+			void *data);
 void ordered_events__free(struct ordered_events *oe);
 void ordered_events__reinit(struct ordered_events *oe);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 11086097fc9f88f34ef01f28287b8a687361da4f..2331d1c8fecab5eac45164a11a1ab1878f1e10da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
 	session->tool   = tool;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&session->auxtrace_index);
 	machines__init(&session->machines);
-	ordered_events__init(&session->ordered_events, ordered_events__deliver_event);
+	ordered_events__init(&session->ordered_events,
+			     ordered_events__deliver_event, NULL);
 
 	if (data) {
 		if (perf_data__open(data))