1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index ef067c193f93..1c2ac148a7d5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ static int read_counter(struct perf_evsel *counter)
 
 static int __run_perf_stat(int argc __maybe_unused, const char **argv)
 {
+        char msg[512];
         unsigned long long t0, t1;
         struct perf_evsel *counter;
         int status = 0;
@@ -324,20 +325,13 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc __maybe_unused, const char **argv)
                                 continue;
                         }
 
-                        if (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES) {
-                                error("You may not have permission to collect %sstats.\n"
-                                      "\t Consider tweaking"
-                                      " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid or running as root.",
-                                      target.system_wide ? "system-wide " : "");
-                        } else {
-                                error("open_counter returned with %d (%s). "
-                                      "/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n",
-                                       errno, strerror(errno));
-                        }
+                        perf_evsel__open_strerror(counter, &target,
+                                                  errno, msg, sizeof(msg));
+                        ui__error("%s\n", msg);
+
                         if (child_pid != -1)
                                 kill(child_pid, SIGTERM);
 
-                        pr_err("Not all events could be opened.\n");
                         return -1;
                 }
                 counter->supported = true;