diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index 44e1f8a44087..d5289fa58a4f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ err_out:
 
 	/* BUG_ON due to failure in allocation of orig_mask/mask */
 	BUG_ON(-1);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static cpu_set_t *bind_to_node(int target_node)
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ err_out:
 
 	/* BUG_ON due to failure in allocation of orig_mask/mask */
 	BUG_ON(-1);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static void bind_to_cpumask(cpu_set_t *mask)