2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 7d98676808d8..955930e0a5c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ 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, first) < 0) {
-                        if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS || errno == ENOENT) {
+                        if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS ||
+                            errno == ENOENT || errno == EOPNOTSUPP) {
                                 if (verbose)
                                         ui__warning("%s event is not supported by the kernel.\n",
                                                     event_name(counter));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index bcd05d05b4f0..33c17a2b2a81 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int write_event_desc(int fd, struct perf_header *h __used,
                 /*
                  * write event string as passed on cmdline
                  */
-                ret = do_write_string(fd, attr->name);
+                ret = do_write_string(fd, event_name(attr));
                 if (ret < 0)
                         return ret;
                 /*