diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 7d98676808d8722a39623de8983642f987cea7cc..955930e0a5c34cd0852f92aa39a7c73492c159b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(counter, &evsel_list->entries, node) {
 		if (create_perf_stat_counter(counter, first) < 0) {
-			if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS || errno == ENOENT) {
+			if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS ||
+			    errno == ENOENT || errno == EOPNOTSUPP) {
 				if (verbose)
 					ui__warning("%s event is not supported by the kernel.\n",
 						    event_name(counter));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index bcd05d05b4f01969906efe3dbfcc899ccdea554a..33c17a2b2a81e739066991a9a9facd2b38ee0416 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int write_event_desc(int fd, struct perf_header *h __used,
 		/*
 		 * write event string as passed on cmdline
 		 */
-		ret = do_write_string(fd, attr->name);
+		ret = do_write_string(fd, event_name(attr));
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		/*