1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c b/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
index 00e48ac5b806..b8064eedc177 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 char *libbpf_strerror_r(int err, char *dst, int len)
 {
-        int ret = strerror_r(err, dst, len);
+        int ret = strerror_r(err < 0 ? -err : err, dst, len);
         if (ret)
                 snprintf(dst, len, "ERROR: strerror_r(%d)=%d", err, ret);
         return dst;