diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 3d4373b8ab63..355f813f960d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1762,6 +1762,12 @@ bool pmu__name_match(const struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *pmu_name)
 
 bool perf_pmu__is_software(const struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
+	const char *known_sw_pmus[] = {
+		"kprobe",
+		"msr",
+		"uprobe",
+	};
+
 	if (pmu->is_core || pmu->is_uncore || pmu->auxtrace)
 		return false;
 	switch (pmu->type) {
@@ -1773,7 +1779,11 @@ bool perf_pmu__is_software(const struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 	case PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT:	return true;
 	default: break;
 	}
-	return !strcmp(pmu->name, "kprobe") || !strcmp(pmu->name, "uprobe");
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(known_sw_pmus); i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(pmu->name, known_sw_pmus[i]))
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
 }
 
 FILE *perf_pmu__open_file(const struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name)