diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index b597bcc8fc781f4fa2c631044bddaab447b756e9..41a9c875e49281450637de5d1240382c4a3ee953 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_unit(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias, char *dir, char *n
 	if (fd == -1)
 		return -1;
 
-		sret = read(fd, alias->unit, UNIT_MAX_LEN);
+	sret = read(fd, alias->unit, UNIT_MAX_LEN);
 	if (sret < 0)
 		goto error;