1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 9bc89050e6f8..dc3435e18bde 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
         int i, counter;
         struct stat st;
-        pid_t pid = 0;
         int flags;
         int err;
         unsigned long waking = 0;
@@ -572,7 +571,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 
         if (forks) {
                 child_pid = fork();
-                if (pid < 0) {
+                if (child_pid < 0) {
                         perror("failed to fork");
                         exit(-1);
                 }