1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 25822bdf7bbf..24e8d871b74e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
         size_t size = 0, alloc_size = 0;
         void *bf = NULL, *nbf;
         int fd, n, err = 0;
+        char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 
         fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0)
@@ -476,8 +477,8 @@ int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
                 n = read(fd, bf + size, alloc_size - size);
                 if (n < 0) {
                         if (size) {
-                                pr_warning("read failed %d: %s\n",
-                                           errno, strerror(errno));
+                                pr_warning("read failed %d: %s\n", errno,
+                                         strerror_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
                                 err = 0;
                         } else
                                 err = -errno;