1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 6ce4042421bd..05344c6210ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1247,8 +1247,6 @@ try_again:
                                 die("Permission error - are you root?\n"
                                         "\t Consider tweaking"
                                         " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n");
-                        if (err == ENOENT)
-                                die("%s event is not supported. ", event_name(evsel));
                         /*
                          * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
                          * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
@@ -1473,6 +1471,8 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                 pos->attr.sample_period = default_interval;
         }
 
+        sym_evsel = list_entry(evsel_list.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
+
         symbol_conf.priv_size = (sizeof(struct sym_entry) +
                                  (nr_counters + 1) * sizeof(unsigned long));
 
@@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 out_free_fd:
         list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list, node)
                 perf_evsel__free_mmap(pos);
+        perf_evsel_list__delete();
 
         return status;
 }