1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/list.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/list.sh
index 22b004f2b23e..8a868ae64560 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/list.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/list.sh
@@ -3,17 +3,32 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 set -e
-err=0
 
 shelldir=$(dirname "$0")
 # shellcheck source=lib/setup_python.sh
 . "${shelldir}"/lib/setup_python.sh
 
+list_output=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.list_output.json.XXXXX)
+
+cleanup() {
+  rm -f "${list_output}"
+
+  trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup() {
+  cleanup
+  exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
 test_list_json() {
   echo "Json output test"
-  perf list -j | $PYTHON -m json.tool
+  perf list -j -o "${list_output}"
+  $PYTHON -m json.tool "${list_output}"
   echo "Json output test [Success]"
 }
 
 test_list_json
-exit $err
+cleanup
+exit 0