1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/abspath.c b/tools/perf/util/abspath.c
index 61d33b81fc97..a791dd467261 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/abspath.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/abspath.c
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
                         die ("Could not get current working directory");
 
                 if (last_elem) {
-                        int len = strlen(buf);
+                        len = strlen(buf);
+
                         if (len + strlen(last_elem) + 2 > PATH_MAX)
                                 die ("Too long path name: '%s/%s'",
                                                 buf, last_elem);