2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 2739ed10d5e6..88dbcf6f9575 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const char	default_sort_order[] = "comm,dso,symbol";
 const char	*sort_order = default_sort_order;
 int		sort__need_collapse = 0;
 int		sort__has_parent = 0;
-bool		sort__branch_mode;
+int		sort__branch_mode = -1; /* -1 = means not set */
 
 enum sort_type	sort__first_dimension;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 7aa72a00bc8e..8505b9bcfa36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern const char *parent_pattern;
 extern const char default_sort_order[];
 extern int sort__need_collapse;
 extern int sort__has_parent;
-extern bool sort__branch_mode;
+extern int sort__branch_mode;
 extern char *field_sep;
 extern struct sort_entry sort_comm;
 extern struct sort_entry sort_dso;