diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index 198f3c3aff952358766626f5bfea9ce81a996b28..ad8018e26aa0ca59ef333f765742de50032905a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!raw_dump)
+		printf("\nList of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n\n");
+
 	if (argc == 0) {
 		print_events(NULL, false);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index ecf069b1661fa46a5de6aedd7815eb72e714ad11..109ba5c8c2e52368b061f3834bbaaf16e6920f50 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1319,11 +1319,6 @@ static void print_symbol_events(const char *event_glob, unsigned type,
  */
 void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
 {
-	if (!name_only) {
-		printf("\n");
-		printf("List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n");
-	}
-
 	print_symbol_events(event_glob, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
 			    event_symbols_hw, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, name_only);