1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index e55a132f69b7..014ecd6f67c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -350,8 +350,10 @@ static void perl_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
         if (evsel->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
                 return;
 
-        if (!event)
-                die("ug! no event found for type %" PRIu64, (u64)evsel->attr.config);
+        if (!event) {
+                pr_debug("ug! no event found for type %" PRIu64, (u64)evsel->attr.config);
+                return;
+        }
 
         pid = raw_field_value(event, "common_pid", data);