diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index 0409fc7c0058..8fc0bd3a3a4a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static bool __match_glob(const char *str, const char *pat, bool ignore_space)
 		if (!*pat)	/* Tail wild card matches all */
 			return true;
 		while (*str)
-			if (strglobmatch(str++, pat))
+			if (__match_glob(str++, pat, ignore_space))
 				return true;
 	}
 	return !*str && !*pat;