symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain = false;
        }
 
-       if (setup_sorting(session->evlist) < 0) {
-               if (sort_order)
-                       parse_options_usage(report_usage, options, "s", 1);
-               if (field_order)
-                       parse_options_usage(sort_order ? NULL : report_usage,
-                                           options, "F", 1);
-               goto error;
-       }
-
        /* Force tty output for header output and per-thread stat. */
        if (report.header || report.header_only || report.show_threads)
                use_browser = 0;
        else
                use_browser = 0;
 
+       if (setup_sorting(session->evlist) < 0) {
+               if (sort_order)
+                       parse_options_usage(report_usage, options, "s", 1);
+               if (field_order)
+                       parse_options_usage(sort_order ? NULL : report_usage,
+                                           options, "F", 1);
+               goto error;
+       }
+
        if (report.header || report.header_only) {
                perf_session__fprintf_info(session, stdout,
                                           report.show_full_info);