1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c b/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
index c1b3d34e5716..67eeff571568 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ const char *perf_extract_argv0_path(const char *argv0)
                 slash--;
 
         if (slash >= argv0) {
-                argv0_path = xstrndup(argv0, slash - argv0);
-                return slash + 1;
+                argv0_path = strndup(argv0, slash - argv0);
+                return argv0_path ? slash + 1 : NULL;
         }
 
         return argv0;