diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 1bb8f15..8a35943 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1501,17 +1501,13 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_enter", trace__sys_enter) ||
-	    perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_exit", trace__sys_exit)) {
-		fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't read the raw_syscalls tracepoints information!\n");
-		goto out_delete_evlist;
-	}
+	    perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_exit", trace__sys_exit))
+		goto out_error_tp;
 
 	if (trace->sched &&
 	    perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "sched", "sched_stat_runtime",
-				   trace__sched_stat_runtime)) {
-		fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't read the sched_stat_runtime tracepoint information!\n");
-		goto out_delete_evlist;
-	}
+				   trace__sched_stat_runtime))
+		goto out_error_tp;
 
 	err = perf_evlist__create_maps(evlist, &trace->opts.target);
 	if (err < 0) {
@@ -1628,6 +1624,23 @@ out_delete_evlist:
 out:
 	trace->live = false;
 	return err;
+out_error_tp:
+	switch (errno) {
+	case ENOENT:
+		fputs("Is debugfs mounted? Try 'sudo mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug'\n", trace->output);
+		break;
+	case EACCES:
+		fprintf(trace->output,
+			"Couldn't access debugfs. Try 'sudo mount -o remount,mode=755 %s'\n",
+			debugfs_mountpoint);
+		break;
+	default:
+		fprintf(trace->output, "Can't trace: %s!\n", sys_errlist[errno]);
+		break;
+
+	}
+
+	goto out_unmap_evlist;
 }
 
 static int trace__replay(struct trace *trace)