diff --git a/manager/manager.go b/manager/manager.go
index 06e36ee8e0..cf6a8a1a10 100644
--- a/manager/manager.go
+++ b/manager/manager.go
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ func (m *manager) createContainerLocked(containerName string, watchSource watche
 		perfCgroupPath := path.Join(fs2.UnifiedMountpoint, containerName)
 		cont.perfCollector, err = m.perfManager.GetCollector(perfCgroupPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("perf_event metrics will not be available for container %s: %s", containerName, err)
+			klog.Errorf("Perf event metrics will not be available for container %q: %v", containerName, err)
 		}
 	} else {
 		devicesCgroupPath, err := handler.GetCgroupPath("devices")
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ func (m *manager) createContainerLocked(containerName string, watchSource watche
 		} else {
 			cont.perfCollector, err = m.perfManager.GetCollector(perfCgroupPath)
 			if err != nil {
-				klog.V(4).Infof("perf_event metrics will not be available for container %s: %s", containerName, err)
+				klog.Errorf("Perf event metrics will not be available for container %q: %v", containerName, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/perf/uncore_libpfm.go b/perf/uncore_libpfm.go
index 2e4cf20d53..61346047d5 100644
--- a/perf/uncore_libpfm.go
+++ b/perf/uncore_libpfm.go
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ func NewUncoreCollector(cgroupPath string, events PerfEvents, cpuToSocket map[in
 
 	err := collector.setup(events, systemDevicesPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		formatedError := fmt.Errorf("unable to setup uncore perf event collector: %v", err)
-		klog.V(5).Infof("Perf uncore metrics will not be available: %s", formatedError)
+		klog.Errorf("Perf uncore metrics will not be available: unable to setup uncore perf event collector: %v", err)
 		return &stats.NoopCollector{}
 	}