diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
index 620c27a..6e23f19 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@
 
 void pevent_filter_reset(struct event_filter *filter);
 
-void pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
+int pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
 				 enum filter_trivial_type type);
 
 void pevent_filter_free(struct event_filter *filter);
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
index a4d5bb2..ab402fb 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
@@ -1504,8 +1504,10 @@
  * @type: remove only true, false, or both
  *
  * Removes filters that only contain a TRUE or FALES boolean arg.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success and -1 if there was a problem.
  */
-void pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
+int pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
 				 enum filter_trivial_type type)
 {
 	struct filter_type *filter_type;
@@ -1514,13 +1516,15 @@
 	int i;
 
 	if (!filter->filters)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Two steps, first get all ids with trivial filters.
 	 *  then remove those ids.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < filter->filters; i++) {
+		int *new_ids;
+
 		filter_type = &filter->event_filters[i];
 		if (filter_type->filter->type != FILTER_ARG_BOOLEAN)
 			continue;
@@ -1535,19 +1539,24 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ids = realloc(ids, sizeof(*ids) * (count + 1));
-		if (!ids)
-			die("Can't allocate ids");
+		new_ids = realloc(ids, sizeof(*ids) * (count + 1));
+		if (!new_ids) {
+			free(ids);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		ids = new_ids;
 		ids[count++] = filter_type->event_id;
 	}
 
 	if (!count)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
 		pevent_filter_remove_event(filter, ids[i]);
 
 	free(ids);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**