diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 83a4835c8118..327541e43c7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2045,7 +2045,6 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	unsigned long before;
 	const bool forks = argc > 0;
 	bool draining = false;
-	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 
 	trace->live = true;
 
@@ -2106,11 +2105,8 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 		goto out_error_open;
 
 	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, trace->opts.mmap_pages, false);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't mmap the events: %s\n",
-			strerror_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
-		goto out_delete_evlist;
-	}
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto out_error_mmap;
 
 	perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
 
@@ -2210,6 +2206,10 @@ out_error_tp:
 	perf_evlist__strerror_tp(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
 	goto out_error;
 
+out_error_mmap:
+	perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+	goto out_error;
+
 out_error_open:
 	perf_evlist__strerror_open(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));