diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
index c644f94a6500210538f75b133c78db1c208ecd51..ec801cffae6bcd359c26aebb54ced13d74ba7586 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if ! [ -x "$(command -v cc)" ]; then
 fi
 
 # skip the test if the hardware doesn't support branch stack sampling
-perf record -b -o- -B true > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
+# and if the architecture doesn't support filter types: any,save_type,u
+perf record -b -o- -B --branch-filter any,save_type,u true > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
 
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/__perf_test.program.XXXXX)