1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 3e80aa10cfd8..5fe0edb1de5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 
         if (perf_evlist__apply_filters(evsel_list)) {
                 error("failed to set filter with %d (%s)\n", errno,
-                        strerror(errno));
+                        strerror_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
                 return -1;
         }