diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 73d1e30..c775394 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1860,6 +1860,9 @@
 	rec_argc = ARRAY_SIZE(record_args) + argc - 1;
 	rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *));
 
+	if (rec_argv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(record_args); i++)
 		rec_argv[i] = strdup(record_args[i]);