diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 7a4ebeb8b016..54024d2a017e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	rec_argc = ARRAY_SIZE(record_args) + argc - 1;
 	rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *));
 
-	if (rec_argv)
+	if (rec_argv == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(record_args); i++)