1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 3d051b9cf25..89a5ddcd1de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static pid_t pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid_t pid, int full)
         snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/proc/%d/status", pid);
 
         fp = fopen(filename, "r");
-        if (fd == NULL) {
+        if (fp == NULL) {
                 /*
                  * We raced with a task exiting - just return:
                  */