diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 54e30f1bcbd7a31cb68c55397cbe14efa7389c36..8d0fa2f8da1690699199a2221bfdd03d23208089 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,8 @@ static int __perf_session__process_pipe_events(struct perf_session *session)
 	err = perf_session__flush_thread_stacks(session);
 out_err:
 	free(buf);
-	perf_session__warn_about_errors(session);
+	if (!tool->no_warn)
+		perf_session__warn_about_errors(session);
 	ordered_events__free(&session->ordered_events);
 	auxtrace__free_events(session);
 	return err;
@@ -1929,7 +1930,8 @@ static int __perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *session,
 	err = perf_session__flush_thread_stacks(session);
 out_err:
 	ui_progress__finish();
-	perf_session__warn_about_errors(session);
+	if (!tool->no_warn)
+		perf_session__warn_about_errors(session);
 	/*
 	 * We may switching perf.data output, make ordered_events
 	 * reusable.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tool.h b/tools/perf/util/tool.h
index 2532b558099b79a29bf222e850d08fa45a145c48..183c9145352282203944e34cf6a0cb57eb0ba37e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/tool.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/tool.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct perf_tool {
 	bool		ordered_events;
 	bool		ordering_requires_timestamps;
 	bool		namespace_events;
+	bool		no_warn;
 	enum show_feature_header show_feat_hdr;
 };