diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
index b97bc1518b44a5f7ffb85eeefa7f6ffae95e74f1..38111a97d9000d6764e041f79af8748efc3ce7af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include "data-convert.h"
 #include "data-convert-bt.h"
 
 typedef int (*data_cmd_fn_t)(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
@@ -53,14 +54,16 @@ static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv,
 			    const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	const char *to_ctf     = NULL;
-	bool force = false;
+	struct perf_data_convert_opts opts = {
+		.force = false,
+	};
 	const struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose"),
 		OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
 		OPT_STRING(0, "to-ctf", &to_ctf, NULL, "Convert to CTF format"),
 #endif
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "don't complain, do it"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (to_ctf) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
-		return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf, force);
+		return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf, &opts);
 #else
 		pr_err("The libbabeltrace support is not compiled in.\n");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index 4b68e7b9ee0c8d344dd854cebb95dcf9206dee13..09571b39f58aa6bea2c3d8f73ce31f0a7f14277f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -1304,13 +1304,14 @@ static int convert__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path, bool force)
+int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path,
+			 struct perf_data_convert_opts *opts)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session;
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
 		.path = input,
 		.mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
-		.force = force,
+		.force = opts->force,
 	};
 	struct convert c = {
 		.tool = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
index 4c204342a9d838aa32dce4c69688bdc8b8f85bbc..9a3b587f76c196af463030349a0373b98c3d07f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H
 #define __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H
+#include "data-convert.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
 
-int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input_name, const char *to_ctf, bool force);
+int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input_name, const char *to_ctf,
+			 struct perf_data_convert_opts *opts);
 
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT */
 #endif /* __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h b/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..97cfd36aab6fd997e515353588fc94a9638621ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef __DATA_CONVERT_H
+#define __DATA_CONVERT_H
+
+struct perf_data_convert_opts {
+	bool force;
+};
+
+#endif /* __DATA_CONVERT_H */