diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 919037bc98088c6ee5bf06cad9656598ea40d89d..438a7bb101d3b75498eb184a114be7e4747cdd16 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -261,15 +261,19 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
 		lseek(fd, SEEK_SET, 0);
 		ret = find_probepoint(fd, pp);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (session.need_dwarf)
-				die("Could not analyze debuginfo.");
-
-			pr_warning("An error occurred in debuginfo analysis. Try to use symbols.\n");
-			break;
-		}
+		if (ret > 0)
+			continue;
 		if (ret == 0)	/* No error but failed to find probe point. */
 			die("No probe point found.");
+		/* Error path */
+		if (session.need_dwarf) {
+			if (ret == -ENOENT)
+				pr_warning("No dwarf info found in the vmlinux - please rebuild with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y.\n");
+			die("Could not analyze debuginfo.");
+		}
+		pr_debug("An error occurred in debuginfo analysis."
+			 " Try to use symbols.\n");
+		break;
 	}
 	close(fd);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 4585f1d867927db60d5ec9ad5abc1744ef871175..4b852c0d16a5b24a37589b2dd8a2f52f40c28169 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -687,10 +687,8 @@ int find_probepoint(int fd, struct probe_point *pp)
 	struct probe_finder pf = {.pp = pp};
 
 	ret = dwarf_init(fd, DW_DLC_READ, 0, 0, &__dw_debug, &__dw_error);
-	if (ret != DW_DLV_OK) {
-		pr_warning("No dwarf info found in the vmlinux - please rebuild with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO.\n");
+	if (ret != DW_DLV_OK)
 		return -ENOENT;
-	}
 
 	pp->found = 0;
 	while (++cu_number) {