diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index e0429f4ef335896a9ad393f1e3e3f30b4a4acc9f..faa8eb231e1bf76ea20db5282c9967cf7a685fce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -709,9 +709,7 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct pmu_events_map *map;
-	struct pmu_event *pe;
 	const char *name = pmu->name;
-	const char *pname;
 
 	map = perf_pmu__find_map(pmu);
 	if (!map)
@@ -722,28 +720,26 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 	 */
 	i = 0;
 	while (1) {
+		const char *cpu_name = is_arm_pmu_core(name) ? name : "cpu";
+		struct pmu_event *pe = &map->table[i++];
+		const char *pname = pe->pmu ? pe->pmu : cpu_name;
 
-		pe = &map->table[i++];
 		if (!pe->name) {
 			if (pe->metric_group || pe->metric_name)
 				continue;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (!is_arm_pmu_core(name)) {
-			pname = pe->pmu ? pe->pmu : "cpu";
-
-			/*
-			 * uncore alias may be from different PMU
-			 * with common prefix
-			 */
-			if (pmu_is_uncore(name) &&
-			    !strncmp(pname, name, strlen(pname)))
-				goto new_alias;
+		/*
+		 * uncore alias may be from different PMU
+		 * with common prefix
+		 */
+		if (pmu_is_uncore(name) &&
+		    !strncmp(pname, name, strlen(pname)))
+			goto new_alias;
 
-			if (strcmp(pname, name))
-				continue;
-		}
+		if (strcmp(pname, name))
+			continue;
 
 new_alias:
 		/* need type casts to override 'const' */