diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index fadcff52cd0944e7501b761a855e18e8771e2965..6214d2b220b29db937e8f2faf8082d243cb1afe2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -637,7 +637,19 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
                                 if (verbose > 0)
                                         ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
                                 goto try_again;
-                        }
+			} else if (target__has_per_thread(&target) &&
+				   evsel_list->threads &&
+				   evsel_list->threads->err_thread != -1) {
+				/*
+				 * For global --per-thread case, skip current
+				 * error thread.
+				 */
+				if (!thread_map__remove(evsel_list->threads,
+							evsel_list->threads->err_thread)) {
+					evsel_list->threads->err_thread = -1;
+					goto try_again;
+				}
+			}
 
 			perf_evsel__open_strerror(counter, &target,
 						  errno, msg, sizeof(msg));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ef351688b79798a1c46b95094fb078c6daee14aa..b56e1c2ddaee2e320a7ce437434557f901a8dc47 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1915,6 +1915,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
 		goto fallback_missing_features;
 	}
 out_close:
+	if (err)
+		threads->err_thread = thread;
+
 	do {
 		while (--thread >= 0) {
 			close(FD(evsel, cpu, thread));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
index 729dad8f412d62ac700a8801ffc79c67c8025bc6..5d467d8ae9abf9bee19b5cb02b01d1849af5f32d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static void thread_map__reset(struct thread_map *map, int start, int nr)
 	size_t size = (nr - start) * sizeof(map->map[0]);
 
 	memset(&map->map[start], 0, size);
+	map->err_thread = -1;
 }
 
 static struct thread_map *thread_map__realloc(struct thread_map *map, int nr)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
index 5ec91cfd18696b9f1efccdf824bfc4a9ec32b122..2f689c90a8c6d59c5e52a7d2627c9c793df55834 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct thread_map_data {
 struct thread_map {
 	refcount_t refcnt;
 	int nr;
+	int err_thread;
 	struct thread_map_data map[];
 };