diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 303c1e1..1fd96c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -545,6 +545,42 @@ hist_entry__cmp_compute(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right,
 	return __hist_entry__cmp_compute(p_left, p_right, c);
 }
 
+static int64_t
+hist_entry__cmp_nop(struct hist_entry *left __maybe_unused,
+		    struct hist_entry *right __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int64_t
+hist_entry__cmp_baseline(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
+{
+	if (sort_compute)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (left->stat.period == right->stat.period)
+		return 0;
+	return left->stat.period > right->stat.period ? 1 : -1;
+}
+
+static int64_t
+hist_entry__cmp_delta(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
+{
+	return hist_entry__cmp_compute(right, left, COMPUTE_DELTA);
+}
+
+static int64_t
+hist_entry__cmp_ratio(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
+{
+	return hist_entry__cmp_compute(right, left, COMPUTE_RATIO);
+}
+
+static int64_t
+hist_entry__cmp_wdiff(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
+{
+	return hist_entry__cmp_compute(right, left, COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF);
+}
+
 static void insert_hist_entry_by_compute(struct rb_root *root,
 					 struct hist_entry *he,
 					 int c)
@@ -1038,27 +1074,35 @@ static void data__hpp_register(struct data__file *d, int idx)
 	fmt->header = hpp__header;
 	fmt->width  = hpp__width;
 	fmt->entry  = hpp__entry_global;
+	fmt->cmp    = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
+	fmt->collapse = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
 
 	/* TODO more colors */
 	switch (idx) {
 	case PERF_HPP_DIFF__BASELINE:
 		fmt->color = hpp__color_baseline;
+		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_baseline;
 		break;
 	case PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA:
 		fmt->color = hpp__color_delta;
+		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_delta;
 		break;
 	case PERF_HPP_DIFF__RATIO:
 		fmt->color = hpp__color_ratio;
+		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_ratio;
 		break;
 	case PERF_HPP_DIFF__WEIGHTED_DIFF:
 		fmt->color = hpp__color_wdiff;
+		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_wdiff;
 		break;
 	default:
+		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
 		break;
 	}
 
 	init_header(d, dfmt);
 	perf_hpp__column_register(fmt);
+	perf_hpp__register_sort_field(fmt);
 }
 
 static void ui_init(void)