diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c b/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
index 62c0ec21aaa8..72abf5d86f71 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ out_free_nodes:
 int test__switch_tracking(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused)
 {
 	const char *sched_switch = "sched:sched_switch";
+	const char *cycles = "cycles:u";
 	struct switch_tracking switch_tracking = { .tids = NULL, };
 	struct record_opts opts = {
 		.mmap_pages	     = UINT_MAX,
@@ -372,12 +373,19 @@ int test__switch_tracking(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_
 	cpu_clocks_evsel = evlist__last(evlist);
 
 	/* Second event */
-	if (perf_pmu__has_hybrid())
-		err = parse_events(evlist, "cpu_core/cycles/u", NULL);
-	else
-		err = parse_events(evlist, "cycles:u", NULL);
+	if (perf_pmu__has_hybrid()) {
+		cycles = "cpu_core/cycles/u";
+		err = parse_events(evlist, cycles, NULL);
+		if (err) {
+			cycles = "cpu_atom/cycles/u";
+			pr_debug("Trying %s\n", cycles);
+			err = parse_events(evlist, cycles, NULL);
+		}
+	} else {
+		err = parse_events(evlist, cycles, NULL);
+	}
 	if (err) {
-		pr_debug("Failed to parse event cycles:u\n");
+		pr_debug("Failed to parse event %s\n", cycles);
 		goto out_err;
 	}