1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index c8b535bc27bd..602c3c96fa1e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -377,8 +377,12 @@ 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) < 0) {
-                        if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS || errno == ENOENT)
+                        if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS || errno == ENOENT) {
+                                if (verbose)
+                                        ui__warning("%s event is not supported by the kernel.\n",
+                                                    event_name(counter));
                                 continue;
+                        }
 
                         if (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES) {
                                 error("You may not have permission to collect %sstats.\n"