diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py b/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
index f662da1c..a70be68e 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
@@ -291,7 +291,10 @@ class LibvirtInspector(virt_inspector.Inspector):
                 instructions=perf["perf.instructions"],
                 cache_references=perf["perf.cache_references"],
                 cache_misses=perf["perf.cache_misses"])
-        except AttributeError as e:
+            # NOTE(sileht): KeyError if for libvirt >=2.0.0,<2.3.0, the perf
+            # subsystem ws existing but not  these attributes
+            # https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/commit/bae660869de0612bee2a740083fb494c27e3f80c
+        except (AttributeError, KeyError) as e:
             msg = _LE('Perf is not supported by current version of libvirt, '
                       'and failed to inspect perf events of '
                       '%(instance_uuid)s, can not get info from libvirt: '
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py b/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
index 0705c6c5..041dcb62 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
@@ -404,6 +404,20 @@ class TestLibvirtInspection(base.BaseTestCase):
                     self.assertEqual(74184, pe.cache_references)
                     self.assertEqual(16737, pe.cache_misses)
 
+    def test_inspect_perf_events_libvirt_less_than_2_3_0(self):
+        fake_stats = [({}, {})]
+        connection = self.inspector.connection
+        with mock.patch.object(connection, 'lookupByUUIDString',
+                               return_value=self.domain):
+            with mock.patch.object(self.domain, 'info',
+                                   return_value=(0, 0, 51200,
+                                                 2, 999999)):
+                with mock.patch.object(connection, 'domainListGetStats',
+                                       return_value=fake_stats):
+                    self.assertRaises(virt_inspector.NoDataException,
+                                      self.inspector.inspect_perf_events,
+                                      self.instance)
+
 
 class TestLibvirtInspectionWithError(base.BaseTestCase):