diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 8300e8c7aea8257f117d51b3a15ed87d5af9081a..6a571d322bb24ce2feb07f4f1830e2517c516dbb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2427,6 +2427,10 @@ bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct evsel *evsel, int err,
 		char *new_name;
 		const char *sep = ":";
 
+		/* If event has exclude user then don't exclude kernel. */
+		if (evsel->core.attr.exclude_user)
+			return false;
+
 		/* Is there already the separator in the name. */
 		if (strchr(name, '/') ||
 		    strchr(name, ':'))