1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 1b284b8ad243..c47831c47220 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
@@ -393,11 +394,10 @@ static int add_tracepoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
         struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
         evsel = perf_evsel__newtp_idx(sys_name, evt_name, (*idx)++);
-        if (!evsel)
-                return -ENOMEM;
+        if (IS_ERR(evsel))
+                return PTR_ERR(evsel);
 
         list_add_tail(&evsel->node, list);
-
         return 0;
 }