diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
index 7ba3e81274e85a..30745f35d0d2db 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
@@ -13,17 +13,12 @@
 
 #include "tracing_path.h"
 
-static char tracing_mnt[PATH_MAX]  = "/sys/kernel/debug";
 static char tracing_path[PATH_MAX]        = "/sys/kernel/tracing";
-static char tracing_events_path[PATH_MAX] = "/sys/kernel/tracing/events";
 
 static void __tracing_path_set(const char *tracing, const char *mountpoint)
 {
-	snprintf(tracing_mnt, sizeof(tracing_mnt), "%s", mountpoint);
 	snprintf(tracing_path, sizeof(tracing_path), "%s/%s",
 		 mountpoint, tracing);
-	snprintf(tracing_events_path, sizeof(tracing_events_path), "%s/%s%s",
-		 mountpoint, tracing, "events");
 }
 
 static const char *tracing_path_tracefs_mount(void)
@@ -149,15 +144,15 @@ int tracing_path__strerror_open_tp(int err, char *buf, size_t size,
 			/* sdt markers */
 			if (!strncmp(filename, "sdt_", 4)) {
 				snprintf(buf, size,
-					"Error:\tFile %s/%s not found.\n"
+					"Error:\tFile %s/events/%s not found.\n"
 					"Hint:\tSDT event cannot be directly recorded on.\n"
 					"\tPlease first use 'perf probe %s:%s' before recording it.\n",
-					tracing_events_path, filename, sys, name);
+					tracing_path, filename, sys, name);
 			} else {
 				snprintf(buf, size,
-					 "Error:\tFile %s/%s not found.\n"
+					 "Error:\tFile %s/events/%s not found.\n"
 					 "Hint:\tPerhaps this kernel misses some CONFIG_ setting to enable this feature?.\n",
-					 tracing_events_path, filename);
+					 tracing_path, filename);
 			}
 			break;
 		}
@@ -169,9 +164,9 @@ int tracing_path__strerror_open_tp(int err, char *buf, size_t size,
 		break;
 	case EACCES: {
 		snprintf(buf, size,
-			 "Error:\tNo permissions to read %s/%s\n"
+			 "Error:\tNo permissions to read %s/events/%s\n"
 			 "Hint:\tTry 'sudo mount -o remount,mode=755 %s'\n",
-			 tracing_events_path, filename, tracing_path_mount());
+			 tracing_path, filename, tracing_path_mount());
 	}
 		break;
 	default: