diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index d2fb597c9a8c78d8e8fd8a9890e67f8b8f4432d7..2738fc8d200d16c49624b04266af34c601c347b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FI
 
 	buf[ret] = 0;
 
+	/* Remove trailing newline from sysfs file */
+	rtrim(buf);
+
 	return __perf_pmu__new_alias(list, dir, name, NULL, buf, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 				     NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }