diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/expr.c b/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
index d54c5371c6a6e414dbb19ffece465a0f40f7415a..5c0032fe93ae019279aeca416a762d7c4f09db8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ static int test__expr(struct test_suite *t __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_u
 	ret |= test(ctx, "2.2 > 2.2", 0);
 	ret |= test(ctx, "2.2 < 1.1", 0);
 	ret |= test(ctx, "1.1 > 2.2", 0);
+	ret |= test(ctx, "1.1e10 < 1.1e100", 1);
+	ret |= test(ctx, "1.1e2 > 1.1e-2", 1);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		expr__ctx_free(ctx);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.l b/tools/perf/util/expr.l
index 0a13eb20c814701309740be20a19e114ee81ac52..4dc8edbfd9cea223c43f39cb8cee9efb92858e73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/expr.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.l
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int literal(yyscan_t scanner)
 }
 %}
 
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+number		([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*|[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+)(e-?[0-9]+)?
 
 sch		[-,=]
 spec		\\{sch}