1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 245ac503f211..8d30cbda51b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2384,6 +2384,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
          "No such device - did you specify an out-of-range profile CPU?");
                 break;
         case EOPNOTSUPP:
+                if (evsel->attr.sample_period != 0)
+                        return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+        "PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts.");
                 if (evsel->attr.precise_ip)
                         return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
         "\'precise\' request may not be supported. Try removing 'p' modifier.");