diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index b21a8769db21..7d97c8e9f7f9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1566,6 +1566,9 @@ static int record__init_clock(struct record *rec)
 	if (!rec->opts.use_clockid)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (rec->opts.use_clockid && rec->opts.clockid_res_ns)
+		session->header.env.clock.clockid_res_ns = rec->opts.clockid_res_ns;
+
 	session->header.env.clock.clockid = rec->opts.clockid;
 
 	if (gettimeofday(&ref_tod, NULL) != 0) {
@@ -1675,9 +1678,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	record__init_features(rec);
 
-	if (rec->opts.use_clockid && rec->opts.clockid_res_ns)
-		session->header.env.clockid_res_ns = rec->opts.clockid_res_ns;
-
 	if (forks) {
 		err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(rec->evlist, &opts->target,
 						    argv, data->is_pipe,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.h b/tools/perf/util/env.h
index 7218f7db57af..a12972652006 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ struct perf_env {
 	struct numa_node	*numa_nodes;
 	struct memory_node	*memory_nodes;
 	unsigned long long	 memory_bsize;
-	u64                     clockid_res_ns;
 
 	/*
 	 * bpf_info_lock protects bpf rbtrees. This is needed because the
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@ struct perf_env {
 	struct {
 		u64	tod_ns;
 		u64	clockid_ns;
+		u64     clockid_res_ns;
 		int	clockid;
 		/*
 		 * enabled is valid for report mode, and is true if above
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index eece94cf6f86..251faa9a5789 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -892,8 +892,8 @@ static int write_auxtrace(struct feat_fd *ff,
 static int write_clockid(struct feat_fd *ff,
 			 struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
 {
-	return do_write(ff, &ff->ph->env.clockid_res_ns,
-			sizeof(ff->ph->env.clockid_res_ns));
+	return do_write(ff, &ff->ph->env.clock.clockid_res_ns,
+			sizeof(ff->ph->env.clock.clockid_res_ns));
 }
 
 static int write_clock_data(struct feat_fd *ff,
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ static void print_cpu_topology(struct feat_fd *ff, FILE *fp)
 static void print_clockid(struct feat_fd *ff, FILE *fp)
 {
 	fprintf(fp, "# clockid frequency: %"PRIu64" MHz\n",
-		ff->ph->env.clockid_res_ns * 1000);
+		ff->ph->env.clock.clockid_res_ns * 1000);
 }
 
 static void print_clock_data(struct feat_fd *ff, FILE *fp)
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ out:
 static int process_clockid(struct feat_fd *ff,
 			   void *data __maybe_unused)
 {
-	if (do_read_u64(ff, &ff->ph->env.clockid_res_ns))
+	if (do_read_u64(ff, &ff->ph->env.clock.clockid_res_ns))
 		return -1;
 
 	return 0;