diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d445b1144c879a8af4d2a7b758ccc02703e3815b..4e778eae151046c358da9e0ea0b03ef92170bec0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ comp_pmu(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 	struct perf_pmu_event_symbol *pmu1 = (struct perf_pmu_event_symbol *) p1;
 	struct perf_pmu_event_symbol *pmu2 = (struct perf_pmu_event_symbol *) p2;
 
-	return strcmp(pmu1->symbol, pmu2->symbol);
+	return strcasecmp(pmu1->symbol, pmu2->symbol);
 }
 
 static void perf_pmu__parse_cleanup(void)