diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index 556a893508da..10c3187e4c5a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -2565,6 +2565,7 @@ static int intel_pt_run_decoder(struct intel_pt_queue *ptq, u64 *timestamp)
 				ptq->sync_switch = false;
 				intel_pt_next_tid(pt, ptq);
 			}
+			ptq->timestamp = state->est_timestamp;
 			if (pt->synth_opts.errors) {
 				err = intel_ptq_synth_error(ptq, state);
 				if (err)