X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fbin%2Flttng-sessiond%2Fcmd.c;h=c783e82f0871f9b8516654b7e1aa58d94ad13336;hp=211fc5a34df02b70de775c15880d526d26afe050;hb=07b86b528dc279d59cdf16e6cb946c144fe773f2;hpb=2bba9e532ca1910822005ff7f67400a2e871467c

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
index 211fc5a34..c783e82f0 100644
--- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int start_kernel_session(struct ltt_kernel_session *ksess, int wpipe)
 	struct ltt_kernel_channel *kchan;
 
 	/* Open kernel metadata */
-	if (ksess->metadata == NULL) {
+	if (ksess->metadata == NULL && ksess->output_traces) {
 		ret = kernel_open_metadata(ksess);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			ret = LTTNG_ERR_KERN_META_FAIL;
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static int start_kernel_session(struct ltt_kernel_session *ksess, int wpipe)
 	}
 
 	/* Open kernel metadata stream */
-	if (ksess->metadata_stream_fd < 0) {
+	if (ksess->metadata && ksess->metadata_stream_fd < 0) {
 		ret = kernel_open_metadata_stream(ksess);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			ERR("Kernel create metadata stream failed");