1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 9e5dbd66d34d..448a13b52015 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to_path(u64 config)
                         if (id == config) {
                                 closedir(evt_dir);
                                 closedir(sys_dir);
-                                path = zalloc(sizeof(path));
+                                path = zalloc(sizeof(*path));
                                 path->system = malloc(MAX_EVENT_LENGTH);
                                 if (!path->system) {
                                         free(path);