2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 7bc049035484..7069bd3e90b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ try_again:
                         else if (err ==  ENODEV && cpu_list) {
                                 die("No such device - did you specify"
                                         " an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
+                        } else if (err == ENOENT) {
+                                die("%s event is not supported. ",
+                                     event_name(evsel));
                         } else if (err == EINVAL && sample_id_all_avail) {
                                 /*
                                  * Old kernel, no attr->sample_id_type_all field
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 1e67ab9c7ebc..6ce4042421bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,8 @@ try_again:
                                 die("Permission error - are you root?\n"
                                         "\t Consider tweaking"
                                         " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n");
+                        if (err == ENOENT)
+                                die("%s event is not supported. ", event_name(evsel));
                         /*
                          * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
                          * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which