diff --git a/onnxruntime/test/perftest/performance_runner.cc b/onnxruntime/test/perftest/performance_runner.cc
index cc52215c5f..61180b7df5 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/test/perftest/performance_runner.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/test/perftest/performance_runner.cc
@@ -94,11 +94,20 @@ bool PerformanceRunner::Initialize() {
   sf.enable_sequential_execution = performance_test_config_.run_config.enable_sequential_execution;
   sf.session_thread_pool_size = 6;
 
-  sf.Create(session_object_, test_case->GetModelUrl(), test_case->GetTestCaseName());
+  auto status = sf.Create(session_object_, test_case->GetModelUrl(), test_case->GetTestCaseName());
+  if (!status.IsOK()) {
+    LOGS_DEFAULT(ERROR) << "Failed to create InferenceSession."
+                        << " TestCaseName:" << test_case->GetTestCaseName()
+                        << ", Error:" << status.ErrorMessage();
+    return false;
+  }
 
   // Initialize IO Binding
-  if (!session_object_->NewIOBinding(&io_binding_).IsOK()) {
-    LOGF_DEFAULT(ERROR, "Failed to init session and IO binding");
+  status = session_object_->NewIOBinding(&io_binding_);
+  if (!status.IsOK()) {
+    LOGS_DEFAULT(ERROR) << "Failed to init session and IO binding. "
+                        << " TestCaseName:" << test_case->GetTestCaseName()
+                        << ", Error:" << status.ErrorMessage();
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -112,21 +121,27 @@ bool PerformanceRunner::Initialize() {
   test_case->SetAllocator(cpu_allocator);
 
   if (test_case->GetDataCount() <= 0) {
-    LOGF_DEFAULT(ERROR, "there is no test data for model %s", test_case->GetTestCaseName().c_str());
+    LOGS_DEFAULT(ERROR) << "there is no test data for model ", test_case->GetTestCaseName();
     return false;
   }
 
   std::unordered_map<std::string, ::onnxruntime::MLValue> feeds;
   test_case->LoadTestData(0 /* id */, feeds, true);
   for (auto feed : feeds) {
-    io_binding_->BindInput(feed.first, feed.second);
+    status = io_binding_->BindInput(feed.first, feed.second);
+    if (!status.IsOK()) {
+      LOGS_DEFAULT(ERROR) << "BindInput failed for " << feed.first
+                          << " TestCaseName:" << test_case->GetTestCaseName()
+                          << ", Error:" << status.ErrorMessage();
+      return false;
+    }
   }
+
   auto outputs = session_object_->GetModelOutputs();
-  auto status = outputs.first;
-  if (!outputs.first.IsOK()) {
-    LOGF_DEFAULT(ERROR, "GetOutputs failed, TestCaseName:%s, ErrorMessage:%s",
-                 test_case->GetTestCaseName().c_str(),
-                 status.ErrorMessage().c_str());
+  status = outputs.first;
+  if (!status.IsOK()) {
+    LOGS_DEFAULT(ERROR) << "GetOutputs failed. TestCaseName:" << test_case->GetTestCaseName()
+                        << ", Error:" << status.ErrorMessage();
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -134,7 +149,13 @@ bool PerformanceRunner::Initialize() {
   for (size_t i_output = 0; i_output < outputs.second->size(); ++i_output) {
     auto output = outputs.second->at(i_output);
     if (!output) continue;
-    io_binding_->BindOutput(output->Name(), output_mlvalues[i_output]);
+    status = io_binding_->BindOutput(output->Name(), output_mlvalues[i_output]);
+    if (!status.IsOK()) {
+      LOGS_DEFAULT(ERROR) << "BindOutput failed for " << output->Name()
+                          << " TestCaseName:" << test_case->GetTestCaseName()
+                          << ", Error:" << status.ErrorMessage();
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 
   return true;