diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 87a6615a40fa..a77ff6ca5fbd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static int perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top)
 
 	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false) < 0) {
 		ui__error("Failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n",
-			    errno, strerror(errno));
+			    errno, strerror_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
 		goto out_err;
 	}