diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 0b39a48e5110a00dde5fa0408c725730ba5fe8ff..5da6ce74c676722ff13ae858c1bb579ba353edbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,12 @@ static int perf_session__process_user_event(struct perf_session *session, union
 		if (err == 0)
 			perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(session);
 		return err;
+	case PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE:
+		/*
+		 * Depreceated, but we need to handle it for sake
+		 * of old data files create in pipe mode.
+		 */
+		return 0;
 	case PERF_RECORD_HEADER_TRACING_DATA:
 		/* setup for reading amidst mmap */
 		lseek(fd, file_offset, SEEK_SET);