1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 95aefa78bb07..e52e7461911b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
@@ -333,12 +334,9 @@ const char *find_tracing_dir(void)
         if (!debugfs)
                 return NULL;
 
-        tracing = malloc(strlen(debugfs) + 9);
-        if (!tracing)
+        if (asprintf(&tracing, "%s/tracing", debugfs) < 0)
                 return NULL;
 
-        sprintf(tracing, "%s/tracing", debugfs);
-
         tracing_found = 1;
         return tracing;
 }
@@ -352,11 +350,9 @@ char *get_tracing_file(const char *name)
         if (!tracing)
                 return NULL;
 
-        file = malloc(strlen(tracing) + strlen(name) + 2);
-        if (!file)
+        if (asprintf(&file, "%s/%s", tracing, name) < 0)
                 return NULL;
 
-        sprintf(file, "%s/%s", tracing, name);
         return file;
 }