1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 450384b3bbe5..b92a457ca32e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ static void do_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t size)
 
                 if (ret < 0)
                         die("failed to read");
+                if (ret == 0)
+                        die("failed to read: missing data");
 
                 size -= ret;
                 buf += ret;
@@ -213,9 +215,10 @@ struct perf_header *perf_header__read(int fd)
 
         for (i = 0; i < nr_attrs; i++) {
                 struct perf_header_attr *attr;
-                off_t tmp = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+                off_t tmp;
 
                 do_read(fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr));
+                tmp = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 
                 attr = perf_header_attr__new(&f_attr.attr);