1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/target.c b/tools/perf/util/target.c
index 8cdcf4641c51..21c4d9b23c24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/target.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/target.c
@@ -122,11 +122,7 @@ int target__strerror(struct target *target, int errnum,
         BUG_ON(buflen == 0);
 
         if (errnum >= 0) {
-                const char *err = str_error_r(errnum, buf, buflen);
-
-                if (err != buf)
-                        scnprintf(buf, buflen, "%s", err);
-
+                str_error_r(errnum, buf, buflen);
                 return 0;
         }