diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index eec5df80f5a30460ad19962f62ad318e50f76e2f..0cd4cf6a344b32aeb0f2c7015e34b8276f3b2ccb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -1302,7 +1302,10 @@ static int diff__config(const char *var, const char *value,
 			void *cb __maybe_unused)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.order")) {
-		sort_compute = perf_config_int(var, value);
+		int ret;
+		if (perf_config_int(&ret, var, value) < 0)
+			return -1;
+		sort_compute = ret;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.compute")) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 22478ff2b706ad1b9fc15c6fe13e341b98af10e5..1174a426d0901a1681ff06b9ae6f9fdf273dbac6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -94,10 +94,9 @@ static int report__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain = perf_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!strcmp(var, "report.queue-size")) {
-		rep->queue_size = perf_config_u64(var, value);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "report.queue-size"))
+		return perf_config_u64(&rep->queue_size, var, value);
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "report.sort_order")) {
 		default_sort_order = strdup(value);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 586afeab2352fc8db39909c3ee522e5146a40635..31a7dea248d03323ce238281dd54d5554eb62520 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -335,32 +335,42 @@ static int perf_parse_long(const char *value, long *ret)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void die_bad_config(const char *name)
+static void bad_config(const char *name)
 {
 	if (config_file_name)
-		die("bad config value for '%s' in %s", name, config_file_name);
-	die("bad config value for '%s'", name);
+		pr_warning("bad config value for '%s' in %s, ignoring...\n", name, config_file_name);
+	else
+		pr_warning("bad config value for '%s', ignoring...\n", name);
 }
 
-u64 perf_config_u64(const char *name, const char *value)
+int perf_config_u64(u64 *dest, const char *name, const char *value)
 {
 	long long ret = 0;
 
-	if (!perf_parse_llong(value, &ret))
-		die_bad_config(name);
-	return (u64) ret;
+	if (!perf_parse_llong(value, &ret)) {
+		bad_config(name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*dest = ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-int perf_config_int(const char *name, const char *value)
+int perf_config_int(int *dest, const char *name, const char *value)
 {
 	long ret = 0;
-	if (!perf_parse_long(value, &ret))
-		die_bad_config(name);
-	return ret;
+	if (!perf_parse_long(value, &ret)) {
+		bad_config(name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	*dest = ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int perf_config_bool_or_int(const char *name, const char *value, int *is_bool)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	*is_bool = 1;
 	if (!value)
 		return 1;
@@ -371,7 +381,7 @@ static int perf_config_bool_or_int(const char *name, const char *value, int *is_
 	if (!strcasecmp(value, "false") || !strcasecmp(value, "no") || !strcasecmp(value, "off"))
 		return 0;
 	*is_bool = 0;
-	return perf_config_int(name, value);
+	return perf_config_int(&ret, name, value) < 0 ? -1 : ret;
 }
 
 int perf_config_bool(const char *name, const char *value)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.h b/tools/perf/util/config.h
index 1a59a6b43f8bd622772af23000bed69e9693c4a9..b6bb11f3f1655d6349812f8d33c1868be54dc8ae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.h
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ extern const char *config_exclusive_filename;
 typedef int (*config_fn_t)(const char *, const char *, void *);
 int perf_default_config(const char *, const char *, void *);
 int perf_config(config_fn_t fn, void *);
-int perf_config_int(const char *, const char *);
-u64 perf_config_u64(const char *, const char *);
+int perf_config_int(int *dest, const char *, const char *);
+int perf_config_u64(u64 *dest, const char *, const char *);
 int perf_config_bool(const char *, const char *);
 int config_error_nonbool(const char *);
 const char *perf_etc_perfconfig(void);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index 89d50318833d94e751dc693e6d100b85fce41c28..3149b70799fd52693bdffb709478bbedade865e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -1444,10 +1444,8 @@ static int convert__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
 	struct convert *c = cb;
 
-	if (!strcmp(var, "convert.queue-size")) {
-		c->queue_size = perf_config_u64(var, value);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "convert.queue-size"))
+		return perf_config_u64(&c->queue_size, var, value);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c b/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
index 1c88ad6425b8ce722a5fad4ebe0ee99509dc4462..15b95300d7f37e24775c7e40edf0a61422b249e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static int perf_unknown_cmd_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 				   void *cb __maybe_unused)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(var, "help.autocorrect"))
-		autocorrect = perf_config_int(var,value);
+		return perf_config_int(&autocorrect, var,value);
 
 	return 0;
 }