diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index 2bd39fdc8ab0..fb875e365db1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -2724,9 +2724,7 @@ static int perf_c2c__report(int argc, const char **argv)
 		   "the input file to process"),
 	OPT_INCR('N', "node-info", &c2c.node_info,
 		 "show extra node info in report (repeat for more info)"),
-#ifdef HAVE_SLANG_SUPPORT
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stdio", &c2c.use_stdio, "Use the stdio interface"),
-#endif
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stats", &c2c.stats_only,
 		    "Display only statistic tables (implies --stdio)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "full-symbols", &c2c.symbol_full,
@@ -2753,6 +2751,10 @@ static int perf_c2c__report(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (argc)
 		usage_with_options(report_c2c_usage, options);
 
+#ifndef HAVE_SLANG_SUPPORT
+	c2c.use_stdio = true;
+#endif
+
 	if (c2c.stats_only)
 		c2c.use_stdio = true;