diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
index c5d05ec17220..dede0c388ed4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static int perf_flag_probe(void)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	WARN_ONCE(err != EINVAL,
+	WARN_ONCE(err != EINVAL && err != EBUSY,
 		  "perf_event_open(..., PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC) failed with unexpected error %d (%s)\n",
 		  err, strerror(err));
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int perf_flag_probe(void)
 	fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);
 	err = errno;
 
-	if (WARN_ONCE(fd < 0,
+	if (WARN_ONCE(fd < 0 && err != EBUSY,
 		      "perf_event_open(..., 0) failed unexpectedly with error %d (%s)\n",
 		      err, strerror(err)))
 		return -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 92e5235f5377..0c8919decac8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2039,6 +2039,12 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
 	"No APIC? If so then you can boot the kernel with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.");
 #endif
 		break;
+	case EBUSY:
+		if (find_process("oprofiled"))
+			return scnprintf(msg, size,
+	"The PMU counters are busy/taken by another profiler.\n"
+	"We found oprofile daemon running, please stop it and try again.");
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index e52e7461911b..b82a93cb1694 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -536,3 +536,39 @@ void mem_bswap_64(void *src, int byte_size)
 		++m;
 	}
 }
+
+bool find_process(const char *name)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(name);
+	DIR *dir;
+	struct dirent *d;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	dir = opendir(procfs__mountpoint());
+	if (!dir)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* Walk through the directory. */
+	while (ret && (d = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		char path[PATH_MAX];
+		char *data;
+		size_t size;
+
+		if ((d->d_type != DT_DIR) ||
+		     !strcmp(".", d->d_name) ||
+		     !strcmp("..", d->d_name))
+			continue;
+
+		scnprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/comm",
+			  procfs__mountpoint(), d->d_name);
+
+		if (filename__read_str(path, &data, &size))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = strncmp(name, data, len);
+		free(data);
+	}
+
+	closedir(dir);
+	return ret ? false : true;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 38af77550c75..03a1ea2266b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -346,4 +346,5 @@ void mem_bswap_64(void *src, int byte_size);
 void mem_bswap_32(void *src, int byte_size);
 
 const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void);
+bool find_process(const char *name);
 #endif /* GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H */