diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
index 6173f780dce0a614633a35d262721bdd379f3f07..2b9a7f497a20b77015225127eb3e5df698e5b8b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static int test__basic_mmap(void)
 
 #define TEST_ASSERT_VAL(text, cond) \
 do { \
-	if (!cond) { \
+	if (!(cond)) { \
 		pr_debug("FAILED %s:%d %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, text); \
 		return -1; \
 	} \
@@ -759,6 +759,103 @@ static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_w(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int test__checkevent_tracepoint_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
+					      struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+
+	return test__checkevent_tracepoint(evlist);
+}
+
+static int
+test__checkevent_tracepoint_multi_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong number of entries", evlist->nr_entries > 1);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist->entries, node) {
+		TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user",
+				!evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+		TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel",
+				evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+		TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+		TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+	}
+
+	return test__checkevent_tracepoint_multi(evlist);
+}
+
+static int test__checkevent_raw_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
+					      struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+
+	return test__checkevent_raw(evlist);
+}
+
+static int test__checkevent_numeric_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
+					      struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", !evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+
+	return test__checkevent_numeric(evlist);
+}
+
+static int test__checkevent_symbolic_name_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
+					      struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", !evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+
+	return test__checkevent_symbolic_name(evlist);
+}
+
+static int test__checkevent_symbolic_alias_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
+					      struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+
+	return test__checkevent_symbolic_alias(evlist);
+}
+
+static int test__checkevent_genhw_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = list_entry(evlist->entries.next,
+					      struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+
+	return test__checkevent_genhw(evlist);
+}
+
 static struct test__event_st {
 	const char *name;
 	__u32 type;
@@ -808,6 +905,34 @@ static struct test__event_st {
 		.name  = "mem:0:w",
 		.check = test__checkevent_breakpoint_w,
 	},
+	{
+		.name  = "syscalls:sys_enter_open:k",
+		.check = test__checkevent_tracepoint_modifier,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "syscalls:*:u",
+		.check = test__checkevent_tracepoint_multi_modifier,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "r1:kp",
+		.check = test__checkevent_raw_modifier,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "1:1:hp",
+		.check = test__checkevent_numeric_modifier,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "instructions:h",
+		.check = test__checkevent_symbolic_name_modifier,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "faults:u",
+		.check = test__checkevent_symbolic_alias_modifier,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "L1-dcache-load-miss:kp",
+		.check = test__checkevent_genhw_modifier,
+	},
 };
 
 #define TEST__EVENTS_CNT (sizeof(test__events) / sizeof(struct test__event_st))