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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 245ac503f211..8d30cbda51b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2384,6 +2384,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
"No such device - did you specify an out-of-range profile CPU?");
break;
case EOPNOTSUPP:
+ if (evsel->attr.sample_period != 0)
+ return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+ "PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts.");
if (evsel->attr.precise_ip)
return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
"\'precise\' request may not be supported. Try removing 'p' modifier.");