diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index ff77b80..b530bee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (read(fd[nr_cpu][counter][thread_index], &read_data, sizeof(read_data)) == -1) {
-			perror("Unable to read perf file descriptor\n");
+			perror("Unable to read perf file descriptor");
 			exit(-1);
 		}
 
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
 
 	nr_cpus = read_cpu_map(cpu_list);
 	if (nr_cpus < 1) {
-		perror("failed to collect number of CPUs\n");
+		perror("failed to collect number of CPUs");
 		return -1;
 	}