diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index a5080afd3..111787e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static bool			no_callchain;
 static bool			latency_format;
 static bool			system_wide;
 static bool			print_flags;
-static bool			nanosecs;
 static const char		*cpu_list;
 static DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
 static struct perf_stat_config	stat_config;
@@ -691,7 +690,7 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_start(struct perf_sample *sample,
 		secs = nsecs / NSEC_PER_SEC;
 		nsecs -= secs * NSEC_PER_SEC;
 
-		if (nanosecs)
+		if (symbol_conf.nanosecs)
 			printed += fprintf(fp, "%5lu.%09llu: ", secs, nsecs);
 		else {
 			char sample_time[32];
@@ -3244,7 +3243,7 @@ static int parse_insn_trace(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 {
 	parse_output_fields(NULL, "+insn,-event,-period", 0);
 	itrace_parse_synth_opts(opt, "i0ns", 0);
-	nanosecs = true;
+	symbol_conf.nanosecs = true;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3262,7 +3261,7 @@ static int parse_call_trace(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 {
 	parse_output_fields(NULL, "-ip,-addr,-event,-period,+callindent", 0);
 	itrace_parse_synth_opts(opt, "cewp", 0);
-	nanosecs = true;
+	symbol_conf.nanosecs = true;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3272,7 +3271,7 @@ static int parse_callret_trace(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 {
 	parse_output_fields(NULL, "-ip,-addr,-event,-period,+callindent,+flags", 0);
 	itrace_parse_synth_opts(opt, "crewp", 0);
-	nanosecs = true;
+	symbol_conf.nanosecs = true;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3408,7 +3407,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &symbol_conf.force, "don't complain, do it"),
 	OPT_INTEGER(0, "max-blocks", &max_blocks,
 		    "Maximum number of code blocks to dump with brstackinsn"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ns", &nanosecs,
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ns", &symbol_conf.nanosecs,
 		    "Use 9 decimal places when displaying time"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "itrace", &itrace_synth_opts, NULL, "opts",
 			    "Instruction Tracing options\n" ITRACE_HELP,