1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.c b/tools/perf/util/path.c
index b276c187802a..58a470d036dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.c
@@ -152,5 +152,5 @@ char *strip_path_suffix(const char *path, const char *suffix)
 
         if (path_len && !is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1]))
                 return NULL;
-        return xstrndup(path, chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len));
+        return strndup(path, chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len));
 }