1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index f5874a27b346..9c9287fbf8e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ static u64 get_cpu_usage_nsec_parent(void)
 static int self_open_counters(void)
 {
         struct perf_event_attr attr;
+        char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
         int fd;
 
         memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
@@ -440,7 +441,8 @@ static int self_open_counters(void)
 
         if (fd < 0)
                 pr_err("Error: sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned "
-                       "with %d (%s)\n", fd, strerror(errno));
+                       "with %d (%s)\n", fd,
+                       strerror_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
         return fd;
 }