diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index c2dff9cb1f2c..9b5f077fee5b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int setup_cpunode_map(void)
 
 	dir1 = opendir(PATH_SYS_NODE);
 	if (!dir1)
-		return -1;
+		return 0;
 
 	while ((dent1 = readdir(dir1)) != NULL) {
 		if (dent1->d_type != DT_DIR ||