diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index d2de839..2826e70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@
 	set_debugfs_path();
 
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
+	exit_browser(status);
+
 	if (status)
 		return status & 0xff;
 
-	exit_browser();
-
 	/* Somebody closed stdout? */
 	if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))
 		return 0;