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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index ce69901176d8..c3e5a3b817ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2768,6 +2768,18 @@ int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session)
if (perf_file_header__read(&f_header, header, fd) < 0)
return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Sanity check that perf.data was written cleanly; data size is
+ * initialized to 0 and updated only if the on_exit function is run.
+ * If data size is still 0 then the file contains only partial
+ * information. Just warn user and process it as much as it can.
+ */
+ if (f_header.data.size == 0) {
+ pr_warning("WARNING: The %s file's data size field is 0 which is unexpected.\n"
+ "Was the 'perf record' command properly terminated?\n",
+ session->filename);
+ }
+
nr_attrs = f_header.attrs.size / f_header.attr_size;
lseek(fd, f_header.attrs.offset, SEEK_SET);