1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 132de8b28dbb..3becc8a35bee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int load_kernel(void)
                 return -1;
 
         err = dso__load_kernel(kernel_dso, vmlinux, NULL, verbose);
-        if (err) {
+        if (err <= 0) {
                 dso__delete(kernel_dso);
                 kernel_dso = NULL;
         } else