diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
index 59195eb80052..1c49d8293003 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ test_user_branches() {
 	# 	brstack_foo+0x14/brstack_bar+0x40/P/-/-/0/CALL
 
 	set -x
-	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/IND_CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/CALL$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/RET$"		$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/RET$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/COND$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
-	grep -E -m1 "^brstack\+[^ ]*/brstack\+[^ ]*/UNCOND$"		$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/IND_CALL/.*$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/CALL/.*$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/CALL/.*$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/CALL/.*$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bar\+[^ ]*/brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/RET/.*$"		$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_foo\+[^ ]*/brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/RET/.*$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	grep -E -m1 "^brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/brstack_bench\+[^ ]*/COND/.*$"	$TMPDIR/perf.script
+	grep -E -m1 "^brstack\+[^ ]*/brstack\+[^ ]*/UNCOND/.*$"		$TMPDIR/perf.script
 	set +x
 
 	# some branch types are still not being tested:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test_filter() {
 
 	# fail if we find any branch type that doesn't match any of the expected ones
 	# also consider UNKNOWN branch types (-)
-	if grep -E -vm1 "^[^ ]*/($expect|-|( *))$" $TMPDIR/perf.script; then
+	if grep -E -vm1 "^[^ ]*/($expect|-|( *))/.*$" $TMPDIR/perf.script; then
 		return 1
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index fdfe772f2699..749d5b5c135b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static void branch_stack__printf(struct perf_sample *sample, bool callstack)
 		struct branch_entry *e = &entries[i];
 
 		if (!callstack) {
-			printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 " -> %016" PRIx64 " %hu cycles %s%s%s%s %x %s\n",
+			printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 " -> %016" PRIx64 " %hu cycles %s%s%s%s %x %s %s\n",
 				i, e->from, e->to,
 				(unsigned short)e->flags.cycles,
 				e->flags.mispred ? "M" : " ",
@@ -1188,7 +1188,8 @@ static void branch_stack__printf(struct perf_sample *sample, bool callstack)
 				e->flags.abort ? "A" : " ",
 				e->flags.in_tx ? "T" : " ",
 				(unsigned)e->flags.reserved,
-				get_branch_type(e));
+				get_branch_type(e),
+				e->flags.spec ? branch_spec_desc(e->flags.spec) : "");
 		} else {
 			if (i == 0) {
 				printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 "\n"