diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index d080b9cf0354fa2b20bd13aadccaf12480cebd77..a9e96ff49c7f3638dfe5ac40a85066d04f25543a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ static int trace__sys_exit(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 signed_print:
 		fprintf(trace->output, ") = %d", ret);
 	} else if (ret < 0 && sc->fmt->errmsg) {
-		char bf[256];
+		char bf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 		const char *emsg = strerror_r(-ret, bf, sizeof(bf)),
 			   *e = audit_errno_to_name(-ret);
 
@@ -2044,6 +2044,7 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	int err = -1, i;
 	unsigned long before;
 	const bool forks = argc > 0;
+	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 
 	trace->live = true;
 
@@ -2105,7 +2106,8 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, trace->opts.mmap_pages, false);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't mmap the events: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't mmap the events: %s\n",
+			strerror_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
 		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}