diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 6947072598b1..1a29d4f47bbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -3562,7 +3562,7 @@ bool evsel__fallback(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target, int err,
 
 		/* If event has exclude user then don't exclude kernel. */
 		if (evsel->core.attr.exclude_user)
-			return false;
+			goto no_fallback;
 
 		/* Is there already the separator in the name. */
 		if (strchr(name, '/') ||
@@ -3570,7 +3570,7 @@ bool evsel__fallback(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target, int err,
 			sep = "";
 
 		if (asprintf(&new_name, "%s%su", name, sep) < 0)
-			return false;
+			goto no_fallback;
 
 		free(evsel->name);
 		evsel->name = new_name;
@@ -3593,17 +3593,19 @@ bool evsel__fallback(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target, int err,
 			sep = "";
 
 		if (asprintf(&new_name, "%s%sH", name, sep) < 0)
-			return false;
+			goto no_fallback;
 
 		free(evsel->name);
 		evsel->name = new_name;
 		/* Apple M1 requires exclude_guest */
-		scnprintf(msg, msgsize, "trying to fall back to excluding guest samples");
+		scnprintf(msg, msgsize, "Trying to fall back to excluding guest samples");
 		evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest = 1;
 
 		return true;
 	}
-
+no_fallback:
+	scnprintf(msg, msgsize, "No fallback found for '%s' for error %d",
+		  evsel__name(evsel), err);
 	return false;
 }