1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 4fb480367c3e..5d3baec216e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -180,15 +180,16 @@ static int try_to_find_kprobe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
                 return -ENOENT;
         }
         /* Error path : ntevs < 0 */
-        if (need_dwarf) {
-                if (ntevs == -EBADF)
-                        pr_warning("No dwarf info found in the vmlinux - "
-                                "please rebuild with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y.\n");
-                return ntevs;
+        pr_debug("An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (%d).\n", ntevs);
+        if (ntevs == -EBADF) {
+                pr_warning("Warning: No dwarf info found in the vmlinux - "
+                        "please rebuild kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y.\n");
+                if (!need_dwarf) {
+                        pr_debug("Trying to use symbols.\nn");
+                        return 0;
+                }
         }
-        pr_debug("An error occurred in debuginfo analysis."
-                 " Try to use symbols.\n");
-        return 0;
+        return ntevs;
 }
 
 #define LINEBUF_SIZE 256