diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 48c3461b496c..7314183cdcb6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ static void __record__read_lost_samples(struct record *rec, struct evsel *evsel,
 	int id_hdr_size;
 
 	if (perf_evsel__read(&evsel->core, cpu_idx, thread_idx, &count) < 0) {
-		pr_err("read LOST count failed\n");
+		pr_debug("read LOST count failed\n");
 		return;
 	}