1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 42e24149c791..1a9098c697b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -242,9 +242,13 @@ try_again:
                         /*
                          * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
                          * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
-                         * is always available even if no PMU support:
+                         * is always available even if no PMU support.
+                         *
+                         * PPC returns ENXIO until 2.6.37 (behavior changed
+                         * with commit b0a873e).
                          */
-                        if (err == ENOENT && attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
+                        if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO)
+                                        && attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
                                         && attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
 
                                 if (verbose)