1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index be1b7584796d..58d1612894ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ 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