diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 1fcebc31a50810b18c50b1a39b28f90f350a6327..51cdc230f6ca3c384dc3d81e6f31c73986e00af0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ static int perf_del_probe_events(struct strfilter *filter)
 	}
 
 	if (ret == -ENOENT && ret2 == -ENOENT)
-		pr_debug("\"%s\" does not hit any event.\n", str);
-		/* Note that this is silently ignored */
-	ret = 0;
+		pr_warning("\"%s\" does not hit any event.\n", str);
+	else
+		ret = 0;
 
 error:
 	if (kfd >= 0)