diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 8550b3d036d5b684aad1a27b4e588fa253e77363..57093e5c550796cb217622ac41fd4c636f206189 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -831,8 +831,7 @@ void pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (pmu_is_uncore(name) &&
-		    pmu_uncore_alias_match(pname, name))
+		if (pmu->is_uncore && pmu_uncore_alias_match(pname, name))
 			goto new_alias;
 
 		if (strcmp(pname, name))