1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index de1b97845e9e..5eb5566f0c95 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1400,7 +1400,10 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
                 exit(0);
         }
 
-        read(input, &file_header, sizeof(file_header));
+        if (read(input, &file_header, sizeof(file_header)) == -1) {
+                perror("failed to read file headers");
+                exit(-1);
+        }
 
         if (sort__has_parent &&
             !(file_header.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) {