static unsigned int            page_size;
 static int                     output;
 static const char              *output_name                    = NULL;
-static bool                    group                           =  false;
 static int                     realtime_prio                   =      0;
 static enum write_mode_t       write_mode                      = WRITE_FORCE;
 static bool                    no_buildid                      =  false;
                 */
                bool time_needed = attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
 
-               if (group && pos != first)
+               if (record_opts.group && pos != first)
                        group_fd = first->fd;
 retry_sample_id:
                attr->sample_id_all = record_opts.sample_id_all_avail ? 1 : 0;
 try_again:
-               if (perf_evsel__open(pos, evlist->cpus, evlist->threads, group,
-                                    group_fd) < 0) {
+               if (perf_evsel__open(pos, evlist->cpus, evlist->threads,
+                                    record_opts.group, group_fd) < 0) {
                        int err = errno;
 
                        if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) {
        OPT_UINTEGER('F', "freq", &record_opts.user_freq, "profile at this frequency"),
        OPT_UINTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &record_opts.mmap_pages,
                     "number of mmap data pages"),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &group,
+       OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &record_opts.group,
                    "put the counters into a counter group"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "call-graph", &record_opts.call_graph,
                    "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),