diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index 4b00cb4aa73a..3f75f0315db8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ static int test__checkevent_config_cache(struct evlist *evlist)
 	struct evsel *evsel = evlist__first(evlist);
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name setting", evsel__name_is(evsel, "cachepmu"));
-	return TEST_OK;
+	return test__checkevent_genhw(evlist);
 }
 
 static bool test__pmu_cpu_valid(void)