1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 98125319b158..c90e55cf7e82 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -998,8 +998,10 @@ void print_tracepoint_events(const char *subsys_glob, const char *event_glob,
         char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
         char dir_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 
-        if (debugfs_valid_mountpoint(tracing_events_path))
+        if (debugfs_valid_mountpoint(tracing_events_path)) {
+                printf("  [ Tracepoints not available: %s ]\n", strerror(errno));
                 return;
+        }
 
         sys_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
         if (!sys_dir)