1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 6822b44ca4f9..7a8a77ec2c9d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static void prompt_symbol(struct sym_entry **target, const char *msg)
         }
 
         if (!found) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Sorry, %s is not active.\n", sym_filter);
+                fprintf(stderr, "Sorry, %s is not active.\n", buf);
                 sleep(1);
                 return;
         } else