1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/copyfile.c b/tools/perf/util/copyfile.c
index 3fa0db136667..47e03de7c235 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/copyfile.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/copyfile.c
@@ -101,14 +101,16 @@ static int copyfile_mode_ns(const char *from, const char *to, mode_t mode,
         if (tofd < 0)
                 goto out;
 
-        if (fchmod(tofd, mode))
-                goto out_close_to;
-
         if (st.st_size == 0) { /* /proc? do it slowly... */
                 err = slow_copyfile(from, tmp, nsi);
+                if (!err && fchmod(tofd, mode))
+                        err = -1;
                 goto out_close_to;
         }
 
+        if (fchmod(tofd, mode))
+                goto out_close_to;
+
         nsinfo__mountns_enter(nsi, &nsc);
         fromfd = open(from, O_RDONLY);
         nsinfo__mountns_exit(&nsc);