diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index d2de8393a33c0ce51523e6819ea6eeed74a048df..2826e702986e0da3c6fd4ce118a14454a9b2fe00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 	set_debugfs_path();
 
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
+	exit_browser(status);
+
 	if (status)
 		return status & 0xff;
 
-	exit_browser();
-
 	/* Somebody closed stdout? */
 	if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cache.h b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
index 47b12a3d11bf92a8d48fa6b9944f1c64067a93a6..4b9aab7f04056ef6d599ba9e2eb8d7d3333d579b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cache.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ static inline void setup_browser(void)
 {
 	setup_pager();
 }
-static inline void exit_browser(void) {}
+static inline void exit_browser(bool wait_for_ok __used) {}
 #else
 void setup_browser(void);
-void exit_browser(void);
+void exit_browser(bool wait_for_ok);
 #endif
 
 extern const char *editor_program;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/newt.c b/tools/perf/util/newt.c
index 2d19e7a3e6e826282a8aa2a1b04190f7c9810b39..3c2ef95d940a4072e73f6589d65a0eed36ca37a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/newt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/newt.c
@@ -170,18 +170,20 @@ void perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists, u64 session_total,
 	newtFormDestroy(form);
 }
 
+static char browser__last_msg[1024];
+
 int browser__show_help(const char *format, va_list ap)
 {
 	int ret;
 	static int backlog;
-	static char msg[1024];
 
-        ret = vsnprintf(msg + backlog, sizeof(msg) - backlog, format, ap);
+        ret = vsnprintf(browser__last_msg + backlog,
+			sizeof(browser__last_msg) - backlog, format, ap);
 	backlog += ret;
 
-	if (msg[backlog - 1] == '\n') {
+	if (browser__last_msg[backlog - 1] == '\n') {
 		newtPopHelpLine();
-		newtPushHelpLine(msg);
+		newtPushHelpLine(browser__last_msg);
 		newtRefresh();
 		backlog = 0;
 	}
@@ -200,8 +202,13 @@ void setup_browser(void)
 	newtPushHelpLine(" ");
 }
 
-void exit_browser(void)
+void exit_browser(bool wait_for_ok)
 {
-	if (use_browser)
+	if (use_browser) {
+		if (wait_for_ok) {
+			char title[] = "Fatal Error", ok[] = "Ok";
+			newtWinMessage(title, ok, browser__last_msg);
+		}
 		newtFinished();
+	}
 }