diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 87b9a3de432f..7f0fc87a49c3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e080e6f1c863242ff709046d0486d09c46dc484a
+refs/heads/master: 50d8f9e393c5a1a8864fda75e3a9f2b800497a61
diff --git a/trunk/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/trunk/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index b1abd39923d6..83f0a8add177 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ static struct event_format *alloc_event(void)
 {
 	struct event_format *event;
 
-	event = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*event));
+	event = malloc(sizeof(*event));
+	if (!event)
+		return NULL;
 	memset(event, 0, sizeof(*event));
 
 	return event;