1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 155749d74350..55634038af6b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ void ui__warning(const char *format, ...)
 }
 #endif
 
-void ui__warning_paranoid(void)
+void ui__error_paranoid(void)
 {
-        ui__warning("Permission error - are you root?\n"
+        ui__error("Permission error - are you root?\n"
                     "Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid:\n"
                     " -1 - Not paranoid at all\n"
                     "  0 - Disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv\n"