diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index 0164c1c..ed3873b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	 * in pipe-mode, the only way to get the buildids is to parse
 	 * the record stream. Buildids are stored as RECORD_HEADER_BUILD_ID
 	 */
-	if (with_hits || session->fd_pipe)
+	if (with_hits || perf_data_file__is_pipe(&file))
 		perf_session__process_events(session, &build_id__mark_dso_hit_ops);
 
 	perf_session__fprintf_dsos_buildid(session, stdout, dso__skip_buildid, with_hits);