1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 806e0a286634..67522cf87405 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int __cmd_annotate(struct perf_annotate *ann)
         }
 
         if (total_nr_samples == 0) {
-                ui__warning("The %s file has no samples!\n", session->filename);
+                ui__error("The %s file has no samples!\n", session->filename);
                 goto out_delete;
         }
 out_delete: