diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index f62298f..2ae50fc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static struct {
 	int command;	/* Command short_name */
 	bool list_events;
 	bool uprobes;
-	bool quiet;
 	bool target_used;
 	int nevents;
 	struct perf_probe_event events[MAX_PROBES];
@@ -514,8 +513,8 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv)
 	struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show parsed arguments, etc)"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &params.quiet,
-		    "be quiet (do not show any messages)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &quiet,
+		    "be quiet (do not show any warnings or messages)"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT('l', "list", NULL, "[GROUP:]EVENT",
 			     "list up probe events",
 			     opt_set_filter_with_command, DEFAULT_LIST_FILTER),
@@ -634,7 +633,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (params.quiet) {
+	if (quiet) {
 		if (verbose != 0) {
 			pr_err("  Error: -v and -q are exclusive.\n");
 			return -EINVAL;