1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 02b2d8013a61..c385a63ebfd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv)
                                       "\t Consider tweaking"
                                       " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid or running as root.",
                                       system_wide ? "system-wide " : "");
+                        } else if (errno == ENOENT) {
+                                error("%s event is not supported. ", event_name(counter));
                         } else {
                                 error("open_counter returned with %d (%s). "
                                       "/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n",
@@ -683,8 +685,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                 nr_counters = ARRAY_SIZE(default_attrs);
 
                 for (c = 0; c < ARRAY_SIZE(default_attrs); ++c) {
-                        pos = perf_evsel__new(default_attrs[c].type,
-                                              default_attrs[c].config,
+                        pos = perf_evsel__new(&default_attrs[c],
                                               nr_counters);
                         if (pos == NULL)
                                 goto out;