diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index aba12a4d488e..9321bd0e2f76 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ event_pmu_name opt_pmu_config
 			if (!strncmp(name, "uncore_", 7) &&
 			    strncmp($1, "uncore_", 7))
 				name += 7;
-			if (!fnmatch(pattern, name, 0)) {
+			if (!perf_pmu__match(pattern, name, $1)) {
 				if (parse_events_copy_term_list(orig_terms, &terms))
 					CLEANUP_YYABORT;
 				if (!parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, pmu->name, terms, true, false))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 88c8ecdc60b0..44b90d638ad5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "pmu.h"
@@ -740,6 +742,27 @@ struct pmu_events_map *__weak pmu_events_map__find(void)
 	return perf_pmu__find_map(NULL);
 }
 
+static bool perf_pmu__valid_suffix(char *pmu_name, char *tok)
+{
+	char *p;
+
+	if (strncmp(pmu_name, tok, strlen(tok)))
+		return false;
+
+	p = pmu_name + strlen(tok);
+	if (*p == 0)
+		return true;
+
+	if (*p != '_')
+		return false;
+
+	++p;
+	if (*p == 0 || !isdigit(*p))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool pmu_uncore_alias_match(const char *pmu_name, const char *name)
 {
 	char *tmp = NULL, *tok, *str;
@@ -768,7 +791,7 @@ bool pmu_uncore_alias_match(const char *pmu_name, const char *name)
 	 */
 	for (; tok; name += strlen(tok), tok = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &tmp)) {
 		name = strstr(name, tok);
-		if (!name) {
+		if (!name || !perf_pmu__valid_suffix((char *)name, tok)) {
 			res = false;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -1872,3 +1895,14 @@ bool perf_pmu__has_hybrid(void)
 
 	return !list_empty(&perf_pmu__hybrid_pmus);
 }
+
+int perf_pmu__match(char *pattern, char *name, char *tok)
+{
+	if (fnmatch(pattern, name, 0))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (tok && !perf_pmu__valid_suffix(name, tok))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index a790ef758171..926da483a141 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -133,5 +133,6 @@ void perf_pmu__warn_invalid_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, __u64 config,
 				   char *name);
 
 bool perf_pmu__has_hybrid(void);
+int perf_pmu__match(char *pattern, char *name, char *tok);
 
 #endif /* __PMU_H */