diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
index 5ccfce87e6937794fd434f83b8e61bb159826510..1419391e3a3e632393ece0aa6fc5b4bc7e2b2575 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -162,9 +162,13 @@ static int arm_spe_read_finish(struct auxtrace_record *itr, int idx)
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(sper->evlist, evsel) {
-		if (evsel->attr.type == sper->arm_spe_pmu->type)
-			return perf_evlist__enable_event_idx(sper->evlist,
-							     evsel, idx);
+		if (evsel->attr.type == sper->arm_spe_pmu->type) {
+			if (evsel->terminated)
+				return 0;
+			else
+				return perf_evlist__enable_event_idx(
+						sper->evlist, evsel, idx);
+		}
 	}
 	return -EINVAL;
 }