1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 3ed8bf175163..991bbd469bea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
         char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
         struct dirent *evt_ent;
         DIR *evt_dir;
-        int ret = 0;
+        int ret = 0, found = 0;
 
         snprintf(evt_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", tracing_events_path, sys_name);
         evt_dir = opendir(evt_path);
@@ -468,10 +468,17 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
                 if (!strglobmatch(evt_ent->d_name, evt_name))
                         continue;
 
+                found++;
+
                 ret = add_tracepoint(list, idx, sys_name, evt_ent->d_name,
                                      err, head_config);
         }
 
+        if (!found) {
+                tracepoint_error(err, ENOENT, sys_name, evt_name);
+                ret = -1;
+        }
+
         closedir(evt_dir);
         return ret;
 }