diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index b3f253f2841eade726eb7432c208802581fc0127..035efe7642861eb9c740a1114348faa253582166 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2794,8 +2794,6 @@ int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session)
 	perf_header__process_sections(header, fd, &session->pevent,
 				      perf_file_section__process);
 
-	lseek(fd, header->data_offset, SEEK_SET);
-
 	if (perf_evlist__prepare_tracepoint_events(session->evlist,
 						   session->pevent))
 		goto out_delete_evlist;