1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index f0b828c201cc..079e67a36904 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
@@ -1797,9 +1798,9 @@ static int perf_sched__read_events(struct perf_sched *sched)
         int rc = -1;
 
         session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &sched->tool);
-        if (session == NULL) {
-                pr_debug("No Memory for session\n");
-                return -1;
+        if (IS_ERR(session)) {
+                pr_debug("Error creating perf session");
+                return PTR_ERR(session);
         }
 
         symbol__init(&session->header.env);
@@ -2989,8 +2990,8 @@ static int perf_sched__timehist(struct perf_sched *sched)
         symbol_conf.use_callchain = sched->show_callchain;
 
         session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &sched->tool);
-        if (session == NULL)
-                return -ENOMEM;
+        if (IS_ERR(session))
+                return PTR_ERR(session);
 
         evlist = session->evlist;