diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index e58a2fbf3b16..b2365a63db45 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ static int __perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
 
 			group_fd = get_group_fd(evsel, cpu, thread);
 retry_open:
-			pr_debug2("sys_perf_event_open: pid %d  cpu %d  group_fd %d  flags %#lx\n",
+			pr_debug2("sys_perf_event_open: pid %d  cpu %d  group_fd %d  flags %#lx",
 				  pid, cpus->map[cpu], group_fd, flags);
 
 			FD(evsel, cpu, thread) = sys_perf_event_open(&evsel->attr,
@@ -1490,11 +1490,13 @@ static int __perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
 								     group_fd, flags);
 			if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0) {
 				err = -errno;
-				pr_debug2("sys_perf_event_open failed, error %d\n",
+				pr_debug2("\nsys_perf_event_open failed, error %d\n",
 					  err);
 				goto try_fallback;
 			}
 
+			pr_debug2(" = %d\n", FD(evsel, cpu, thread));
+
 			if (evsel->bpf_fd >= 0) {
 				int evt_fd = FD(evsel, cpu, thread);
 				int bpf_fd = evsel->bpf_fd;