1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 798a56d890e5..d18546f37d7c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -448,7 +448,10 @@ try_again:
                 }
         }
 
-        read(fd[nr_cpu][counter], &read_data, sizeof(read_data));
+        if (read(fd[nr_cpu][counter], &read_data, sizeof(read_data)) == -1) {
+                perror("Unable to read perf file descriptor\n");
+                exit(-1);
+        }
 
         perf_header_attr__add_id(h_attr, read_data.id);