diff --git a/tools/perf/util/lzma.c b/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
index 51424cdc3b68..aa9a0ebc1f93 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bool lzma_is_compressed(const char *input)
 	ssize_t rc;
 
 	if (fd < 0)
-		return -1;
+		return false;
 
 	rc = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
 	close(fd);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
index 78d2297c1b67..1f7c06523059 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bool gzip_is_compressed(const char *input)
 	ssize_t rc;
 
 	if (fd < 0)
-		return -1;
+		return false;
 
 	rc = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
 	close(fd);