diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index d20b16ee7377..098080287c68 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -711,6 +711,18 @@ static void perf_event__namespaces_swap(union perf_event *event,
 		swap_sample_id_all(event, &event->namespaces.link_info[i]);
 }
 
+static void perf_event__cgroup_swap(union perf_event *event, bool sample_id_all)
+{
+	event->cgroup.id = bswap_64(event->cgroup.id);
+
+	if (sample_id_all) {
+		void *data = &event->cgroup.path;
+
+		data += PERF_ALIGN(strlen(data) + 1, sizeof(u64));
+		swap_sample_id_all(event, data);
+	}
+}
+
 static u8 revbyte(u8 b)
 {
 	int rev = (b >> 4) | ((b & 0xf) << 4);
@@ -953,6 +965,7 @@ static perf_event__swap_op perf_event__swap_ops[] = {
 	[PERF_RECORD_SWITCH]		  = perf_event__switch_swap,
 	[PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE]	  = perf_event__switch_swap,
 	[PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES]	  = perf_event__namespaces_swap,
+	[PERF_RECORD_CGROUP]		  = perf_event__cgroup_swap,
 	[PERF_RECORD_TEXT_POKE]		  = perf_event__text_poke_swap,
 	[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR]	  = perf_event__hdr_attr_swap,
 	[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE]	  = perf_event__event_type_swap,