diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 59f3d98a0196..bd462a3f2bbd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -646,10 +646,10 @@ static int record__pushfn(struct mmap *map, void *to, void *bf, size_t size)
 	return record__write(rec, map, bf, size);
 }
 
-static volatile int signr = -1;
-static volatile int child_finished;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t signr = -1;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t child_finished;
 #ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD_SUPPORT
-static volatile int done_fd = -1;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t done_fd = -1;
 #endif
 
 static void sig_handler(int sig)
@@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ static void record__read_lost_samples(struct record *rec)
 
 }
 
-static volatile int workload_exec_errno;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t workload_exec_errno;
 
 /*
  * evlist__prepare_workload will send a SIGUSR1