diff --git a/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c b/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
index 3573f315f9559cee48cb0cf59530d334c893b3f3..91bf333a366a43ccb2c5905592e0492268c58b1f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
+++ b/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
@@ -491,10 +491,11 @@ jvmti_write_debug_info(void *agent, uint64_t code, const char *file,
 		if (sret != 1)
 			goto error;
 	}
-	if (padding_count)
+	if (padding_count) {
 		sret = fwrite_unlocked(pad_bytes, padding_count, 1, fp);
 		if (sret != 1)
 			goto error;
+	}
 
 	funlockfile(fp);
 	return 0;