diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
index dcfdf6a322dc..c679a79aef51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
@@ -1100,12 +1100,13 @@ static int process_one_file(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb,
  */
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int rc, ret = 0;
+	int rc, ret = 0, empty_map = 0;
 	int maxfds;
 	char ldirname[PATH_MAX];
 	const char *arch;
 	const char *output_file;
 	const char *start_dirname;
+	char *err_string_ext = "";
 	struct stat stbuf;
 
 	prog = basename(argv[0]);
@@ -1133,7 +1134,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* If architecture does not have any event lists, bail out */
 	if (stat(ldirname, &stbuf) < 0) {
 		pr_info("%s: Arch %s has no PMU event lists\n", prog, arch);
-		goto empty_map;
+		empty_map = 1;
+		goto err_close_eventsfp;
 	}
 
 	/* Include pmu-events.h first */
@@ -1150,75 +1152,60 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 
 	maxfds = get_maxfds();
-	mapfile = NULL;
 	rc = nftw(ldirname, preprocess_arch_std_files, maxfds, 0);
-	if (rc && verbose) {
-		pr_info("%s: Error preprocessing arch standard files %s\n",
-			prog, ldirname);
-		goto empty_map;
-	} else if (rc < 0) {
-		/* Make build fail */
-		fclose(eventsfp);
-		free_arch_std_events();
-		return 1;
-	} else if (rc) {
-		goto empty_map;
-	}
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_processing_std_arch_event_dir;
 
 	rc = nftw(ldirname, process_one_file, maxfds, 0);
-	if (rc && verbose) {
-		pr_info("%s: Error walking file tree %s\n", prog, ldirname);
-		goto empty_map;
-	} else if (rc < 0) {
-		/* Make build fail */
-		fclose(eventsfp);
-		free_arch_std_events();
-		ret = 1;
-		goto out_free_mapfile;
-	} else if (rc) {
-		goto empty_map;
-	}
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_processing_dir;
 
 	sprintf(ldirname, "%s/test", start_dirname);
 
 	rc = nftw(ldirname, process_one_file, maxfds, 0);
-	if (rc && verbose) {
-		pr_info("%s: Error walking file tree %s rc=%d for test\n",
-			prog, ldirname, rc);
-		goto empty_map;
-	} else if (rc < 0) {
-		/* Make build fail */
-		free_arch_std_events();
-		ret = 1;
-		goto out_free_mapfile;
-	} else if (rc) {
-		goto empty_map;
-	}
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_processing_dir;
 
 	if (close_table)
 		print_events_table_suffix(eventsfp);
 
 	if (!mapfile) {
 		pr_info("%s: No CPU->JSON mapping?\n", prog);
-		goto empty_map;
+		empty_map = 1;
+		goto err_close_eventsfp;
 	}
 
-	if (process_mapfile(eventsfp, mapfile)) {
+	rc = process_mapfile(eventsfp, mapfile);
+	fclose(eventsfp);
+	if (rc) {
 		pr_info("%s: Error processing mapfile %s\n", prog, mapfile);
 		/* Make build fail */
-		fclose(eventsfp);
-		free_arch_std_events();
 		ret = 1;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
-
-	goto out_free_mapfile;
-
-empty_map:
-	fclose(eventsfp);
-	create_empty_mapping(output_file);
 	free_arch_std_events();
-out_free_mapfile:
+	free(mapfile);
+	return 0;
+
+err_processing_std_arch_event_dir:
+	err_string_ext = " for std arch event";
+err_processing_dir:
+	if (verbose) {
+		pr_info("%s: Error walking file tree %s%s\n", prog, ldirname,
+			err_string_ext);
+		empty_map = 1;
+	} else if (rc < 0) {
+		ret = 1;
+	} else {
+		empty_map = 1;
+	}
+err_close_eventsfp:
+	fclose(eventsfp);
+	if (empty_map)
+		create_empty_mapping(output_file);
+err_out:
+	free_arch_std_events();
 	free(mapfile);
 	return ret;
 }