1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/parse-events.c b/parse-events.c
index 9a5380c..eca3b67 100644
--- a/parse-events.c
+++ b/parse-events.c
@@ -4280,8 +4280,11 @@ int pevent_parse_event(struct pevent *pevent,
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         event->name = event_read_name();
-        if (!event->name)
-                die("failed to read event name");
+        if (!event->name) {
+                /* Bad event? */
+                free(event);
+                return -1;
+        }
 
         if (strcmp(sys, "ftrace") == 0) {