diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index d934f04e3110ed5bcbccb16971ef2c9336d6065c..4eea3b404507be87ab6435d0971b97a82f571cf6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			attr->write_backward = term->val.overwrite ? 1 : 0;
 			break;
 		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_DRV_CFG:
-			BUG_ON(1);
+			break;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}