diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
index 39c0004f2886..fc361c3f8570 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ getBPFObjectFromModule(llvm::Module *Module)
 #endif
 	if (NotAdded) {
 		llvm::errs() << "TargetMachine can't emit a file of this type\n";
-		return std::unique_ptr<llvm::SmallVectorImpl<char>>(nullptr);;
+		return std::unique_ptr<llvm::SmallVectorImpl<char>>(nullptr);
 	}
 	PM.run(*Module);