diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 7af26acf06d9d573e42c1326757af673ce780c50..2d3577d1009dc81115beaa6c80bed329bb90b0ad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 #endif
 		NULL
 };
-	const struct option options[] = {
+	struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show parsed arguments, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "list", &params.list_events,
@@ -382,6 +382,14 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	};
 	int ret;
 
+	set_option_flag(options, 'a', "add", PARSE_OPT_EXCLUSIVE);
+	set_option_flag(options, 'd', "del", PARSE_OPT_EXCLUSIVE);
+	set_option_flag(options, 'l', "list", PARSE_OPT_EXCLUSIVE);
+#ifdef HAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT
+	set_option_flag(options, 'L', "line", PARSE_OPT_EXCLUSIVE);
+	set_option_flag(options, 'V', "vars", PARSE_OPT_EXCLUSIVE);
+#endif
+
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, probe_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 	if (argc > 0) {
@@ -409,22 +417,6 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	symbol_conf.try_vmlinux_path = (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name == NULL);
 
 	if (params.list_events) {
-		if (params.mod_events) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --list with --add/--del.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
-		if (params.show_lines) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --list with --line.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
-		if (params.show_vars) {
-			pr_err(" Error: Don't use --list with --vars.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
-		if (params.show_funcs) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --list with --funcs.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
 		if (params.uprobes) {
 			pr_warning("  Error: Don't use --list with --exec.\n");
 			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
@@ -435,19 +427,6 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		return ret;
 	}
 	if (params.show_funcs) {
-		if (params.nevents != 0 || params.dellist) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --funcs with"
-			       " --add/--del.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
-		if (params.show_lines) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --funcs with --line.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
-		if (params.show_vars) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --funcs with --vars.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
 		if (!params.filter)
 			params.filter = strfilter__new(DEFAULT_FUNC_FILTER,
 						       NULL);
@@ -462,16 +441,6 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT
 	if (params.show_lines) {
-		if (params.mod_events) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --line with"
-			       " --add/--del.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
-		if (params.show_vars) {
-			pr_err(" Error: Don't use --line with --vars.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
-
 		ret = show_line_range(&params.line_range, params.target,
 				      params.uprobes);
 		if (ret < 0)
@@ -479,11 +448,6 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		return ret;
 	}
 	if (params.show_vars) {
-		if (params.mod_events) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --vars with"
-			       " --add/--del.\n");
-			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
-		}
 		if (!params.filter)
 			params.filter = strfilter__new(DEFAULT_VAR_FILTER,
 						       NULL);