diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c
index 740ae764537e8c886ce91897056bde7d2602bada..134612bde0cb3c0c9f706e58dd24b5ce64ab6b74 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-ctl.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void nest_epollfd(void)
 	printinfo("Nesting level(s): %d\n", nested);
 
 	epollfdp = calloc(nested, sizeof(int));
-	if (!epollfd)
+	if (!epollfdp)
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "calloc");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nested; i++) {