diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 6199a3174ab9..e0429f4ef335 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -732,10 +732,20 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 
 		if (!is_arm_pmu_core(name)) {
 			pname = pe->pmu ? pe->pmu : "cpu";
+
+			/*
+			 * uncore alias may be from different PMU
+			 * with common prefix
+			 */
+			if (pmu_is_uncore(name) &&
+			    !strncmp(pname, name, strlen(pname)))
+				goto new_alias;
+
 			if (strcmp(pname, name))
 				continue;
 		}
 
+new_alias:
 		/* need type casts to override 'const' */
 		__perf_pmu__new_alias(head, NULL, (char *)pe->name,
 				(char *)pe->desc, (char *)pe->event,