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));