diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 8214def7b0f059c893e1b8ebc6b31e36b836bcf4..44225838eb039d51afc1be4da3a709cbfbc2ccec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ void perf_pmu_free_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *newalias)
 	zfree(&newalias->str);
 	zfree(&newalias->metric_expr);
 	zfree(&newalias->metric_name);
+	zfree(&newalias->pmu_name);
 	parse_events_terms__purge(&newalias->terms);
 	free(newalias);
 }
@@ -297,6 +298,10 @@ static bool perf_pmu_merge_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *newalias,
 
 	list_for_each_entry(a, alist, list) {
 		if (!strcasecmp(newalias->name, a->name)) {
+			if (newalias->pmu_name && a->pmu_name &&
+			    !strcasecmp(newalias->pmu_name, a->pmu_name)) {
+				continue;
+			}
 			perf_pmu_update_alias(a, newalias);
 			perf_pmu_free_alias(newalias);
 			return true;
@@ -314,7 +319,8 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 	int num;
 	char newval[256];
 	char *long_desc = NULL, *topic = NULL, *unit = NULL, *perpkg = NULL,
-	     *metric_expr = NULL, *metric_name = NULL, *deprecated = NULL;
+	     *metric_expr = NULL, *metric_name = NULL, *deprecated = NULL,
+	     *pmu_name = NULL;
 
 	if (pe) {
 		long_desc = (char *)pe->long_desc;
@@ -324,6 +330,7 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 		metric_expr = (char *)pe->metric_expr;
 		metric_name = (char *)pe->metric_name;
 		deprecated = (char *)pe->deprecated;
+		pmu_name = (char *)pe->pmu;
 	}
 
 	alias = malloc(sizeof(*alias));
@@ -389,6 +396,7 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 	}
 	alias->per_pkg = perpkg && sscanf(perpkg, "%d", &num) == 1 && num == 1;
 	alias->str = strdup(newval);
+	alias->pmu_name = pmu_name ? strdup(pmu_name) : NULL;
 
 	if (deprecated)
 		alias->deprecated = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 1f1749ba830f5fba0ec2b12e53311d64fc52f6d3..4f100768c264de1441ef04965a869436049b53b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_alias {
 	bool deprecated;
 	char *metric_expr;
 	char *metric_name;
+	char *pmu_name;
 };
 
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find(const char *name);