diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index a9d63c1c64c5..da8f8eb383a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -323,13 +323,20 @@ static void hists__baseline_only(struct hists *hists)
 
 static void hists__precompute(struct hists *hists)
 {
-	struct rb_node *next = rb_first(&hists->entries);
+	struct rb_root *root;
+	struct rb_node *next;
 
+	if (sort__need_collapse)
+		root = &hists->entries_collapsed;
+	else
+		root = hists->entries_in;
+
+	next = rb_first(root);
 	while (next != NULL) {
-		struct hist_entry *he = rb_entry(next, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
+		struct hist_entry *he = rb_entry(next, struct hist_entry, rb_node_in);
 		struct hist_entry *pair = hist_entry__next_pair(he);
 
-		next = rb_next(&he->rb_node);
+		next = rb_next(&he->rb_node_in);
 		if (!pair)
 			continue;