diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 267e54df511be587b142ccf5ebac6daf5003d4ca..fb76b6b232d4c62b40487e589e5a480c23456ff6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -1918,7 +1918,8 @@ static struct dso *load_dso(const char *name)
 	if (!map)
 		return NULL;
 
-	map__load(map);
+	if (map__load(map) < 0)
+		pr_err("File '%s' not found or has no symbols.\n", name);
 
 	dso = dso__get(map->dso);