1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index e8ca98fe0bd4..0905600c3851 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@
 #include "color.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 int verbose = 0;
 int dump_trace = 0;
 
-int eprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
+int eprintf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
         va_list args;
         int ret = 0;
 
-        if (verbose) {
+        if (verbose >= level) {
                 va_start(args, fmt);
                 ret = vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
                 va_end(args);