1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index f8da9fada002..159263d17c2d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ out_err:
         list_for_each_entry_reverse(evsel, &evlist->entries, node)
                 perf_evsel__close(evsel, ncpus, nthreads);
 
+        errno = -err;
         return err;
 }