1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 4532a789fbe3..1e5e9b270f5e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -488,8 +488,13 @@ static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv)
 
         list_for_each_entry(counter, &evsel_list->entries, node) {
                 if (create_perf_stat_counter(counter, first) < 0) {
+                        /*
+                         * PPC returns ENXIO for HW counters until 2.6.37
+                         * (behavior changed with commit b0a873e).
+                         */
                         if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS ||
-                            errno == ENOENT || errno == EOPNOTSUPP) {
+                            errno == ENOENT || errno == EOPNOTSUPP ||
+                            errno == ENXIO) {
                                 if (verbose)
                                         ui__warning("%s event is not supported by the kernel.\n",
                                                     event_name(counter));