diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index c70e69ea1c5d..09bcf2393910 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ static int trace__sys_exit(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			   union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 			   struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
-	int ret;
+	long ret;
 	u64 duration = 0;
 	struct thread *thread;
 	int id = perf_evsel__sc_tp_uint(evsel, id, sample);
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ static int trace__sys_exit(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 
 	if (sc->fmt == NULL) {
 signed_print:
-		fprintf(trace->output, ") = %d", ret);
+		fprintf(trace->output, ") = %ld", ret);
 	} else if (ret < 0 && sc->fmt->errmsg) {
 		char bf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 		const char *emsg = strerror_r(-ret, bf, sizeof(bf)),
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ signed_print:
 	} else if (ret == 0 && sc->fmt->timeout)
 		fprintf(trace->output, ") = 0 Timeout");
 	else if (sc->fmt->hexret)
-		fprintf(trace->output, ") = %#x", ret);
+		fprintf(trace->output, ") = %#lx", ret);
 	else
 		goto signed_print;