diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 98da8cb8de93..50385d89c497 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1804,8 +1804,8 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* Enable ignoring missing threads when -u option is defined. */
-	rec->opts.ignore_missing_thread = rec->opts.target.uid != UINT_MAX;
+	/* Enable ignoring missing threads when -u/-p option is defined. */
+	rec->opts.ignore_missing_thread = rec->opts.target.uid != UINT_MAX || rec->opts.target.pid;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	if (perf_evlist__create_maps(rec->evlist, &rec->opts.target) < 0)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 1cf044cbae36..a4d256ea0dc4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1599,10 +1599,46 @@ static int __open_attr__fprintf(FILE *fp, const char *name, const char *val,
 	return fprintf(fp, "  %-32s %s\n", name, val);
 }
 
+static void perf_evsel__remove_fd(struct perf_evsel *pos,
+				  int nr_cpus, int nr_threads,
+				  int thread_idx)
+{
+	for (int cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++)
+		for (int thread = thread_idx; thread < nr_threads - 1; thread++)
+			FD(pos, cpu, thread) = FD(pos, cpu, thread + 1);
+}
+
+static int update_fds(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+		      int nr_cpus, int cpu_idx,
+		      int nr_threads, int thread_idx)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
+
+	if (cpu_idx >= nr_cpus || thread_idx >= nr_threads)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evsel->evlist, pos) {
+		nr_cpus = pos != evsel ? nr_cpus : cpu_idx;
+
+		perf_evsel__remove_fd(pos, nr_cpus, nr_threads, thread_idx);
+
+		/*
+		 * Since fds for next evsel has not been created,
+		 * there is no need to iterate whole event list.
+		 */
+		if (pos == evsel)
+			break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static bool ignore_missing_thread(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+				  int nr_cpus, int cpu,
 				  struct thread_map *threads,
 				  int thread, int err)
 {
+	pid_t ignore_pid = thread_map__pid(threads, thread);
+
 	if (!evsel->ignore_missing_thread)
 		return false;
 
@@ -1618,11 +1654,18 @@ static bool ignore_missing_thread(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	if (threads->nr == 1)
 		return false;
 
+	/*
+	 * We should remove fd for missing_thread first
+	 * because thread_map__remove() will decrease threads->nr.
+	 */
+	if (update_fds(evsel, nr_cpus, cpu, threads->nr, thread))
+		return false;
+
 	if (thread_map__remove(threads, thread))
 		return false;
 
 	pr_warning("WARNING: Ignored open failure for pid %d\n",
-		   thread_map__pid(threads, thread));
+		   ignore_pid);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -1727,7 +1770,7 @@ retry_open:
 			if (fd < 0) {
 				err = -errno;
 
-				if (ignore_missing_thread(evsel, threads, thread, err)) {
+				if (ignore_missing_thread(evsel, cpus->nr, cpu, threads, thread, err)) {
 					/*
 					 * We just removed 1 thread, so take a step
 					 * back on thread index and lower the upper