diff --git a/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c b/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
index ac1bcdc17dae7554f51a780b843605c441c6abbf..f7eb63cbbc655bdcebbd710ed38ce39a907db4bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
+++ b/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ perf_get_timestamp(void)
 }
 
 static int
-debug_cache_init(void)
+create_jit_cache_dir(void)
 {
 	char str[32];
 	char *base, *p;
@@ -144,8 +144,13 @@ debug_cache_init(void)
 
 	strftime(str, sizeof(str), JIT_LANG"-jit-%Y%m%d", &tm);
 
-	snprintf(jit_path, PATH_MAX - 1, "%s/.debug/", base);
-
+	ret = snprintf(jit_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/.debug/", base);
+	if (ret >= PATH_MAX) {
+		warnx("jvmti: cannot generate jit cache dir because %s/.debug/"
+			" is too long, please check the cwd, JITDUMPDIR, and"
+			" HOME variables", base);
+		return -1;
+	}
 	ret = mkdir(jit_path, 0755);
 	if (ret == -1) {
 		if (errno != EEXIST) {
@@ -154,20 +159,32 @@ debug_cache_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	snprintf(jit_path, PATH_MAX - 1, "%s/.debug/jit", base);
+	ret = snprintf(jit_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/.debug/jit", base);
+	if (ret >= PATH_MAX) {
+		warnx("jvmti: cannot generate jit cache dir because"
+			" %s/.debug/jit is too long, please check the cwd,"
+			" JITDUMPDIR, and HOME variables", base);
+		return -1;
+	}
 	ret = mkdir(jit_path, 0755);
 	if (ret == -1) {
 		if (errno != EEXIST) {
-			warn("cannot create jit cache dir %s", jit_path);
+			warn("jvmti: cannot create jit cache dir %s", jit_path);
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	snprintf(jit_path, PATH_MAX - 1, "%s/.debug/jit/%s.XXXXXXXX", base, str);
-
+	ret = snprintf(jit_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/.debug/jit/%s.XXXXXXXX", base, str);
+	if (ret >= PATH_MAX) {
+		warnx("jvmti: cannot generate jit cache dir because"
+			" %s/.debug/jit/%s.XXXXXXXX is too long, please check"
+			" the cwd, JITDUMPDIR, and HOME variables",
+			base, str);
+		return -1;
+	}
 	p = mkdtemp(jit_path);
 	if (p != jit_path) {
-		warn("cannot create jit cache dir %s", jit_path);
+		warn("jvmti: cannot create jit cache dir %s", jit_path);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -228,7 +245,7 @@ void *jvmti_open(void)
 {
 	char dump_path[PATH_MAX];
 	struct jitheader header;
-	int fd;
+	int fd, ret;
 	FILE *fp;
 
 	init_arch_timestamp();
@@ -245,12 +262,22 @@ void *jvmti_open(void)
 
 	memset(&header, 0, sizeof(header));
 
-	debug_cache_init();
+	/*
+	 * jitdump file dir
+	 */
+	if (create_jit_cache_dir() < 0)
+		return NULL;
 
 	/*
 	 * jitdump file name
 	 */
-	scnprintf(dump_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/jit-%i.dump", jit_path, getpid());
+	ret = snprintf(dump_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/jit-%i.dump", jit_path, getpid());
+	if (ret >= PATH_MAX) {
+		warnx("jvmti: cannot generate jitdump file full path because"
+			" %s/jit-%i.dump is too long, please check the cwd,"
+			" JITDUMPDIR, and HOME variables", jit_path, getpid());
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	fd = open(dump_path, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_RDWR, 0666);
 	if (fd == -1)