1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index de7515dd683a..d661f252b891 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1487,16 +1487,16 @@ int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
 int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
         char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE], *emsg = strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf));
-        int value;
+        int pages_attempted = evlist->mmap_len / 1024, pages_max_per_user;
 
         switch (err) {
         case EPERM:
-                sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb", &value);
+                sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb", &pages_max_per_user);
                 scnprintf(buf, size, "Error:\t%s.\n"
                                      "Hint:\tCheck /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb (%d kB) setting.\n"
                                      "Hint:\tTried using %zd kB.\n"
                                      "Hint:\tTry using a smaller -m/--mmap-pages value.",
-                                     emsg, value, evlist->mmap_len / 1024);
+                                     emsg, pages_max_per_user, pages_attempted);
                 break;
         default:
                 scnprintf(buf, size, "%s", emsg);