diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c
index 77e4ec6402dd3fef5e7832cbe1afe41f83db3906..e99867111387f38f511b5651609ac79ccc390e43 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 void __vwarning(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 	if (errno)
-		perror("trace-cmd");
+		perror("libtraceevent");
 	errno = 0;
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "  ");