diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
index 30745f35d0d2..834fd64c7130 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ char *get_tracing_file(const char *name)
 {
 	char *file;
 
-	if (asprintf(&file, "%s/%s", tracing_path_mount(), name) < 0)
+	if (asprintf(&file, "%s%s", tracing_path_mount(), name) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	return file;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/print-events.c b/tools/perf/util/print-events.c
index 3f38c27f0157..81e0135cddf0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/print-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/print-events.c
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ void print_tracepoint_events(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb __maybe_unus
 	struct dirent **sys_namelist = NULL;
 	int sys_items;
 
-	put_tracing_file(events_path);
 	if (events_fd < 0) {
 		pr_err("Error: failed to open tracing events directory\n");
+		pr_err("%s: %s\n", events_path, strerror(errno));
 		return;
 	}
+	put_tracing_file(events_path);
 
 	sys_items = tracing_events__scandir_alphasort(&sys_namelist);