diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 1a07c4cdf6edf9f7eb590858cc7296c422c3168a..6e88460cd13d3d65ad54f18470a1e8d7e445b06d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -935,7 +935,6 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	if (symbol_conf.report_hierarchy) {
 		/* disable incompatible options */
-		symbol_conf.event_group = false;
 		symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain = false;
 
 		if (field_order) {