diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh
index ea8714a36051..2c4212c641ed 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+json_output.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
+skip_test=0
+
 pythonchecker=$(dirname $0)/lib/perf_json_output_lint.py
 if [ "x$PYTHON" == "x" ]
 then
@@ -134,14 +136,47 @@ check_per_socket()
 	echo "[Success]"
 }
 
+# The perf stat options for per-socket, per-core, per-die
+# and -A ( no_aggr mode ) uses the info fetched from this
+# directory: "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/topology". For
+# example, socket value is fetched from "physical_package_id"
+# file in topology directory.
+# Reference: cpu__get_topology_int in util/cpumap.c
+# If the platform doesn't expose topology information, values
+# will be set to -1. For example, incase of pSeries platform
+# of powerpc, value for  "physical_package_id" is restricted
+# and set to -1. Check here validates the socket-id read from
+# topology file before proceeding further
+
+FILE_LOC="/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/topology/"
+FILE_NAME="physical_package_id"
+
+check_for_topology()
+{
+	if ! ParanoidAndNotRoot 0
+	then
+		socket_file=`ls $FILE_LOC/$FILE_NAME | head -n 1`
+		[ -z $socket_file ] && return 0
+		socket_id=`cat $socket_file`
+		[ $socket_id == -1 ] && skip_test=1
+		return 0
+	fi
+}
+
+check_for_topology
 check_no_args
 check_system_wide
-check_system_wide_no_aggr
 check_interval
 check_event
-check_per_core
 check_per_thread
-check_per_die
 check_per_node
-check_per_socket
+if [ $skip_test -ne 1 ]
+then
+	check_system_wide_no_aggr
+	check_per_core
+	check_per_die
+	check_per_socket
+else
+	echo "[Skip] Skipping tests for system_wide_no_aggr, per_core, per_die and per_socket since socket id exposed via topology is invalid"
+fi
 exit 0