diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
index 9e0a21e74a67f3d9d4ccfb32c1e0c0cdd9d43450..edff989fbceab2a7483483bc7bbda82b9f662a2c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
@@ -249,9 +249,10 @@ static const char *field_to_perf(struct map *table, char *map, jsmntok_t *val)
 	jsmntok_t *loc = (t);					\
 	if (!(t)->start && (t) > tokens)			\
 		loc = (t) - 1;					\
-		pr_err("%s:%d: " m ", got %s\n", fn,		\
-			json_line(map, loc),			\
-			json_name(t));				\
+	pr_err("%s:%d: " m ", got %s\n", fn,			\
+	       json_line(map, loc),				\
+	       json_name(t));					\
+	err = -EIO;						\
 	goto out_free;						\
 } } while (0)
 
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ int json_events(const char *fn,
 		      char *metric_name, char *metric_group),
 	  void *data)
 {
-	int err = -EIO;
+	int err;
 	size_t size;
 	jsmntok_t *tokens, *tok;
 	int i, j, len;