diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 3e87486c28fe9dfd2abbcc0d53d85138730f19bd..7eb1e9850abfe105d33dc6825e963dd8f2b02fa1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2754,8 +2754,14 @@ bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int err,
 		   (paranoid = perf_event_paranoid()) > 1) {
 		const char *name = perf_evsel__name(evsel);
 		char *new_name;
+		const char *sep = ":";
 
-		if (asprintf(&new_name, "%s%su", name, strchr(name, ':') ? "" : ":") < 0)
+		/* Is there already the separator in the name. */
+		if (strchr(name, '/') ||
+		    strchr(name, ':'))
+			sep = "";
+
+		if (asprintf(&new_name, "%s%su", name, sep) < 0)
 			return false;
 
 		if (evsel->name)