diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 4045d086d9d9..64453d63b971 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso,
 			debuglink--;
 		if (*debuglink == '/')
 			debuglink++;
-		filename__read_debuglink(dso->long_name, debuglink,
-					 size - (debuglink - filename));
+		ret = filename__read_debuglink(dso->long_name, debuglink,
+					       size - (debuglink - filename));
 		}
 		break;
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 3e9f336740fa..8ac4a4fe2abd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ int filename__read_debuglink(const char *filename, char *debuglink,
 	/* the start of this section is a zero-terminated string */
 	strncpy(debuglink, data->d_buf, size);
 
+	err = 0;
+
 out_elf_end:
 	elf_end(elf);
 out_close: