diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index 2e9f5bc45550..3d1c34fc4d68 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -2517,8 +2517,10 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info(union perf_event *event,
 	session->auxtrace = &etm->auxtrace;
 
 	etm->unknown_thread = thread__new(999999999, 999999999);
-	if (!etm->unknown_thread)
+	if (!etm->unknown_thread) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free_queues;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize list node so that at thread__zput() we can avoid
@@ -2530,8 +2532,10 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info(union perf_event *event,
 	if (err)
 		goto err_delete_thread;
 
-	if (thread__init_map_groups(etm->unknown_thread, etm->machine))
+	if (thread__init_map_groups(etm->unknown_thread, etm->machine)) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_delete_thread;
+	}
 
 	if (dump_trace) {
 		cs_etm__print_auxtrace_info(auxtrace_info->priv, num_cpu);
@@ -2575,5 +2579,5 @@ err_free_traceid_list:
 err_free_hdr:
 	zfree(&hdr);
 
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return err;
 }