1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 348bed4a2abf..95a47719aec3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -839,8 +839,10 @@ repeat:
         if (report.header || report.header_only) {
                 perf_session__fprintf_info(session, stdout,
                                            report.show_full_info);
-                if (report.header_only)
-                        return 0;
+                if (report.header_only) {
+                        ret = 0;
+                        goto error;
+                }
         } else if (use_browser == 0) {
                 fputs("# To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.\n#\n",
                       stdout);