1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strlist.c b/tools/perf/util/strlist.c
index 55433aa42c8f..eabdce0a2daa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strlist.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct strlist *strlist__new(bool dupstr, const char *list)
                 slist->rblist.node_delete = strlist__node_delete;
 
                 slist->dupstr    = dupstr;
-                if (slist && strlist__parse_list(slist, list) != 0)
+                if (list && strlist__parse_list(slist, list) != 0)
                         goto out_error;
         }