diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 6d51042044fd..d039879bd914 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
 		list_for_each_entry(alias, &pmu->aliases, list) {
 			char *name = alias->desc ? alias->name :
 				format_alias(buf, sizeof(buf), pmu, alias);
-			bool is_cpu = !strcmp(pmu->name, "cpu");
+			bool is_cpu = is_pmu_core(pmu->name);
 
 			if (alias->deprecated && !deprecated)
 				continue;