diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index e55a132f69b7..014ecd6f67c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -350,8 +350,10 @@ static void perl_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	if (evsel->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
 		return;
 
-	if (!event)
-		die("ug! no event found for type %" PRIu64, (u64)evsel->attr.config);
+	if (!event) {
+		pr_debug("ug! no event found for type %" PRIu64, (u64)evsel->attr.config);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	pid = raw_field_value(event, "common_pid", data);