1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index e0279babe0c0..2f19e03c5c40 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -467,15 +467,21 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
          *  - cannot execute it externally (since it would just do
          *    the same thing over again)
          *
-         * So we just directly call the internal command handler, and
-         * die if that one cannot handle it.
+         * So we just directly call the internal command handler. If that one
+         * fails to handle this, then maybe we just run a renamed perf binary
+         * that contains a dash in its name. To handle this scenario, we just
+         * fall through and ignore the "xxxx" part of the command string.
          */
         if (strstarts(cmd, "perf-")) {
                 cmd += 5;
                 argv[0] = cmd;
                 handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
-                fprintf(stderr, "cannot handle %s internally", cmd);
-                goto out;
+                /*
+                 * If the command is handled, the above function does not
+                 * return undo changes and fall through in such a case.
+                 */
+                cmd -= 5;
+                argv[0] = cmd;
         }
         if (strstarts(cmd, "trace")) {
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