1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
index 7b7fd0b18551..4f8ec7d476b8 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "tracing_path.h"
 
-
-char tracing_mnt[PATH_MAX]         = "/sys/kernel/debug";
+static char tracing_mnt[PATH_MAX]  = "/sys/kernel/debug";
 char tracing_path[PATH_MAX]        = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing";
 char tracing_events_path[PATH_MAX] = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events";
 
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ int tracing_path__strerror_open_tp(int err, char *buf, size_t size,
                 snprintf(buf, size,
                          "Error:\tNo permissions to read %s/%s\n"
                          "Hint:\tTry 'sudo mount -o remount,mode=755 %s'\n",
-                         tracing_events_path, filename, tracing_mnt);
+                         tracing_events_path, filename, tracing_path_mount());
         }
                 break;
         default: