diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index b248c433529a..1bfb22347371 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -2963,8 +2963,11 @@ static int timehist_check_attr(struct perf_sched *sched,
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		if (sched->show_callchain && !evsel__has_callchain(evsel)) {
-			pr_info("Samples do not have callchains.\n");
+		/* only need to save callchain related to sched_switch event */
+		if (sched->show_callchain &&
+		    evsel__name_is(evsel, "sched:sched_switch") &&
+		    !evsel__has_callchain(evsel)) {
+			pr_info("Samples of sched_switch event do not have callchains.\n");
 			sched->show_callchain = 0;
 			symbol_conf.use_callchain = 0;
 		}