#include "util/pmus.h"
 #include "util/pfm.h"
 #include "util/strbuf.h"
+#include "util/cpumap.h"
+#include "util/thread_map.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
        return -1;
 }
 
+static bool is_libpfm_event_supported(const char *name, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
+                                     struct perf_thread_map *threads)
+{
+       struct perf_pmu *pmu;
+       struct evsel *evsel;
+       struct perf_event_attr attr = {};
+       bool result = true;
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = pfm_get_perf_event_encoding(name, PFM_PLM0|PFM_PLM3,
+                                         &attr, NULL, NULL);
+       if (ret != PFM_SUCCESS)
+               return false;
+
+       pmu = perf_pmus__find_by_type((unsigned int)attr.type);
+       evsel = parse_events__add_event(0, &attr, name, /*metric_id=*/NULL, pmu);
+       if (evsel == NULL)
+               return false;
+
+       evsel->is_libpfm_event = true;
+
+       if (evsel__open(evsel, cpus, threads) < 0)
+               result = false;
+
+       evsel__close(evsel);
+       evsel__delete(evsel);
+
+       return result;
+}
+
 static const char *srcs[PFM_ATTR_CTRL_MAX] = {
        [PFM_ATTR_CTRL_UNKNOWN] = "???",
        [PFM_ATTR_CTRL_PMU] = "PMU",
 {
        int j, ret;
        char topic[80], name[80];
+       struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = perf_cpu_map__empty_new(1);
+       struct perf_thread_map *threads = thread_map__new_by_tid(0);
 
        strbuf_setlen(buf, 0);
        snprintf(topic, sizeof(topic), "pfm %s", pinfo->name);
                                    ainfo.name, ainfo.desc);
                }
        }
-       print_cb->print_event(print_state,
-                       pinfo->name,
-                       topic,
-                       name, info->equiv,
-                       /*scale_unit=*/NULL,
-                       /*deprecated=*/NULL, "PFM event",
-                       info->desc, /*long_desc=*/NULL,
-                       /*encoding_desc=*/buf->buf);
+
+       if (is_libpfm_event_supported(name, cpus, threads)) {
+               print_cb->print_event(print_state, pinfo->name, topic,
+                                     name, info->equiv,
+                                     /*scale_unit=*/NULL,
+                                     /*deprecated=*/NULL, "PFM event",
+                                     info->desc, /*long_desc=*/NULL,
+                                     /*encoding_desc=*/buf->buf);
+       }
 
        pfm_for_each_event_attr(j, info) {
                pfm_event_attr_info_t ainfo;
                        print_attr_flags(buf, &ainfo);
                        snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s::%s:%s",
                                 pinfo->name, info->name, ainfo.name);
+
+                       if (!is_libpfm_event_supported(name, cpus, threads))
+                               continue;
+
                        print_cb->print_event(print_state,
                                        pinfo->name,
                                        topic,
                                        /*encoding_desc=*/buf->buf);
                }
        }
+
+       perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+       perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 }
 
 void print_libpfm_events(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state)