1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index e40f86ea3641..c9137ba580d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1254,8 +1254,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
         perf_target__validate(&top.target);
 
-        top.target.uid = parse_target_uid(top.target.uid_str);
-        if (top.target.uid_str != NULL && top.target.uid == UINT_MAX - 1)
+        if (perf_target__parse_uid(&top.target) < 0)
                 goto out_delete_evlist;
 
         if (top.target.tid == 0 && top.target.pid == 0 &&