1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 5f2a5c7046df..710ae3d0a489 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -134,10 +134,18 @@ static int opt_show_lines(const struct option *opt __used,
 {
         int ret = 0;
 
-        if (str)
-                ret = parse_line_range_desc(str, &params.line_range);
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&params.line_range.line_list);
+        if (!str)
+                return 0;
+
+        if (params.show_lines) {
+                pr_warning("Warning: more than one --line options are"
+                           " detected. Only the first one is valid.\n");
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         params.show_lines = true;
+        ret = parse_line_range_desc(str, &params.line_range);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&params.line_range.line_list);
 
         return ret;
 }