perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header, HEADER_STAT);
 }
 
+static void
+record__finish_output(struct record *rec)
+{
+       struct perf_data_file *file = &rec->file;
+       int fd = perf_data_file__fd(file);
+
+       if (file->is_pipe)
+               return;
+
+       rec->session->header.data_size += rec->bytes_written;
+       file->size = lseek(perf_data_file__fd(file), 0, SEEK_CUR);
+
+       if (!rec->no_buildid) {
+               process_buildids(rec);
+
+               if (rec->buildid_all)
+                       dsos__hit_all(rec->session);
+       }
+       perf_session__write_header(rec->session, rec->evlist, fd, true);
+
+       return;
+}
+
 static volatile int workload_exec_errno;
 
 /*
        /* this will be recalculated during process_buildids() */
        rec->samples = 0;
 
-       if (!err && !file->is_pipe) {
-               rec->session->header.data_size += rec->bytes_written;
-               file->size = lseek(perf_data_file__fd(file), 0, SEEK_CUR);
-
-               if (!rec->no_buildid) {
-                       process_buildids(rec);
-
-                       if (rec->buildid_all)
-                               dsos__hit_all(rec->session);
-               }
-               perf_session__write_header(rec->session, rec->evlist, fd, true);
-       }
+       if (!err)
+               record__finish_output(rec);
 
        if (!err && !quiet) {
                char samples[128];