1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index dec8ced61fb0..83c6515e425d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ static int trace__read_syscall_info(struct trace *trace, int id)
 {
         char tp_name[128];
         struct syscall *sc;
+        const char *name = audit_syscall_to_name(id, trace->audit_machine);
+
+        if (name == NULL)
+                return -1;
 
         if (id > trace->syscalls.max) {
                 struct syscall *nsyscalls = realloc(trace->syscalls.table, (id + 1) * sizeof(*sc));
@@ -75,11 +79,8 @@ static int trace__read_syscall_info(struct trace *trace, int id)
         }
 
         sc = trace->syscalls.table + id;
-        sc->name = audit_syscall_to_name(id, trace->audit_machine);
-        if (sc->name == NULL)
-                return -1;
-
-        sc->fmt = syscall_fmt__find(sc->name);
+        sc->name = name;
+        sc->fmt  = syscall_fmt__find(sc->name);
 
         snprintf(tp_name, sizeof(tp_name), "sys_enter_%s", sc->name);
         sc->tp_format = event_format__new("syscalls", tp_name);