diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index c6a4f2f94ab127350c44ae9017f24e8f35641f44..2512d71ca386954101f2f7ba37ca1daf10efe356 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -253,12 +253,16 @@ static int perf_event__jit_repipe_mmap(struct perf_tool *tool,
 {
 	struct perf_inject *inject = container_of(tool, struct perf_inject, tool);
 	u64 n = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * if jit marker, then inject jit mmaps and generate ELF images
 	 */
-	if (!jit_process(inject->session, &inject->output, machine,
-			 event->mmap.filename, sample->pid, &n)) {
+	ret = jit_process(inject->session, &inject->output, machine,
+			  event->mmap.filename, sample->pid, &n);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	if (ret) {
 		inject->bytes_written += n;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -287,12 +291,16 @@ static int perf_event__jit_repipe_mmap2(struct perf_tool *tool,
 {
 	struct perf_inject *inject = container_of(tool, struct perf_inject, tool);
 	u64 n = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * if jit marker, then inject jit mmaps and generate ELF images
 	 */
-	if (!jit_process(inject->session, &inject->output, machine,
-			  event->mmap2.filename, sample->pid, &n)) {
+	ret = jit_process(inject->session, &inject->output, machine,
+			  event->mmap2.filename, sample->pid, &n);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	if (ret) {
 		inject->bytes_written += n;
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index 99fa5eee9fe075f304a6a00483f628490688b1fd..bd9e44f9fff2446d488f5950075904915db6c7a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ jit_process(struct perf_session *session,
 	 * first, detect marker mmap (i.e., the jitdump mmap)
 	 */
 	if (jit_detect(filename, pid))
-		return -1;
+		return 0;
 
 	memset(&jd, 0, sizeof(jd));
 
@@ -665,8 +665,10 @@ jit_process(struct perf_session *session,
 	*nbytes = 0;
 
 	ret = jit_inject(&jd, filename);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
 		*nbytes = jd.bytes_written;
+		ret = 1;
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }