diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c b/tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c
index e63dc11fa3a5..080678d9d74e 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 Christian Kornacker <ckornacker@suse.de>
  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ int prepare_config(const char *path, struct config *config)
 
 	configfile = fopen(path, "r");
 	if (configfile == NULL) {
-		perror("fopen");
-		fprintf(stderr, "error: unable to read configfile\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "error: unable to read configfile: %s, %s\n",
+			path, strerror(errno));
 		free(config);
 		return 1;
 	}