diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/auxtrace.c
index 6cb48e4cffd9..3afe8256eff2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct auxtrace_record *auxtrace_record__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
 	int diagnose = 0;
 
+	*err = 0;
 	if (evlist->nr_entries == 0)
 		return NULL;