1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index e079b34201f2..a17a9306bdf6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <perf/evlist.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include "util/record.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "perf.h"
@@ -3083,8 +3084,8 @@ int find_scripts(char **scripts_array, char **scripts_path_array, int num,
         int i = 0;
 
         session = perf_session__new(&data, false, NULL);
-        if (!session)
-                return -1;
+        if (IS_ERR(session))
+                return PTR_ERR(session);
 
         snprintf(scripts_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/scripts", get_argv_exec_path());
 
@@ -3754,8 +3755,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
         }
 
         session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &script.tool);
-        if (session == NULL)
-                return -1;
+        if (IS_ERR(session))
+                return PTR_ERR(session);
 
         if (header || header_only) {
                 script.tool.show_feat_hdr = SHOW_FEAT_HEADER;