1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/target.c b/tools/perf/util/target.c
index 051eaa68095e..065528b7563e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/target.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/target.c
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ int perf_target__strerror(struct perf_target *target, int errnum,
 
                 if (err != buf) {
                         size_t len = strlen(err);
-                        char *c = mempcpy(buf, err, min(buflen - 1, len));
-                        *c = '\0';
+                        memcpy(buf, err, min(buflen - 1, len));
+                        *(buf + min(buflen - 1, len)) = '\0';
                 }
 
                 return 0;