1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index b1abd39923d6..83f0a8add177 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ static struct event_format *alloc_event(void)
 {
         struct event_format *event;
 
-        event = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*event));
+        event = malloc(sizeof(*event));
+        if (!event)
+                return NULL;
         memset(event, 0, sizeof(*event));
 
         return event;