diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5beb9c3751ce..177e806e8986 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c30ab8aa084843159b4679e9a3d7f63187d5906a
+refs/heads/master: cdce445906852d90efdc773ca7ba460e6e41664d
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index d89dec90103e..8f80df896038 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -888,6 +888,10 @@ static void perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top)
 				ui__warning("The %s event is not supported.\n",
 					    event_name(counter));
 				goto out_err;
+			} else if (err == EMFILE) {
+				ui__warning("Too many events are opened.\n"
+					    "Try again after reducing the number of events\n");
+				goto out_err;
 			}
 
 			ui__warning("The sys_perf_event_open() syscall "