diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f745723d486ba..d22c5df1701ec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2571,12 +2571,12 @@ static int evsel__open_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
 	if (err == -EMFILE && rlimit__increase_nofile(&set_rlimit))
 		goto retry_open;
 
-	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP && evsel__precise_ip_fallback(evsel))
-		goto retry_open;
-
 	if (err == -EINVAL && evsel__detect_missing_features(evsel))
 		goto fallback_missing_features;
 
+	if (evsel__precise_ip_fallback(evsel))
+		goto retry_open;
+
 	if (evsel__handle_error_quirks(evsel, err))
 		goto retry_open;