diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index 217b5a60e2ab..6a7e273a514a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int build_id__sprintf(const u8 *build_id, int len, char *bf)
 		bid += 2;
 	}
 
-	return raw - build_id;
+	return (bid - bf) + 1;
 }
 
 int sysfs__sprintf_build_id(const char *root_dir, char *sbuild_id)