diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index cfc9fdc1e863..e87738dbffc1 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -2233,10 +2233,38 @@ static void profile_close_perf_events(struct profiler_bpf *obj)
 	profile_perf_event_cnt = 0;
 }
 
+static int profile_open_perf_event(int mid, int cpu, int map_fd)
+{
+	int pmu_fd;
+
+	pmu_fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &metrics[mid].attr,
+			 -1 /*pid*/, cpu, -1 /*group_fd*/, 0);
+	if (pmu_fd < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENODEV) {
+			p_info("cpu %d may be offline, skip %s profiling.",
+				cpu, metrics[mid].name);
+			profile_perf_event_cnt++;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd,
+				&profile_perf_event_cnt,
+				&pmu_fd, BPF_ANY) ||
+	    ioctl(pmu_fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, 0)) {
+		close(pmu_fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	profile_perf_events[profile_perf_event_cnt++] = pmu_fd;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int profile_open_perf_events(struct profiler_bpf *obj)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu, m;
-	int map_fd, pmu_fd;
+	int map_fd;
 
 	profile_perf_events = calloc(
 		sizeof(int), obj->rodata->num_cpu * obj->rodata->num_metric);
@@ -2255,17 +2283,11 @@ static int profile_open_perf_events(struct profiler_bpf *obj)
 		if (!metrics[m].selected)
 			continue;
 		for (cpu = 0; cpu < obj->rodata->num_cpu; cpu++) {
-			pmu_fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &metrics[m].attr,
-					 -1/*pid*/, cpu, -1/*group_fd*/, 0);
-			if (pmu_fd < 0 ||
-			    bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd, &profile_perf_event_cnt,
-						&pmu_fd, BPF_ANY) ||
-			    ioctl(pmu_fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, 0)) {
+			if (profile_open_perf_event(m, cpu, map_fd)) {
 				p_err("failed to create event %s on cpu %d",
 				      metrics[m].name, cpu);
 				return -1;
 			}
-			profile_perf_events[profile_perf_event_cnt++] = pmu_fd;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;