1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 5658a770dbd7..da77077450cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -372,7 +372,10 @@ 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 == -EPERM || errno == -EACCES) {
+                        if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS)
+                                continue;
+
+                        if (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES) {
                                 error("You may not have permission to collect %sstats.\n"
                                       "\t Consider tweaking"
                                       " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid or running as root.",