1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/bash_completion b/tools/perf/bash_completion
index 824312681601..573599b42be2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bash_completion
+++ b/tools/perf/bash_completion
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ __perfcomp ()
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$1" -- "$2" ) )
 }
 
+__perfcomp_colon ()
+{
+        __perfcomp "$1" "$2"
+        __ltrim_colon_completions $cur
+}
+
 __perf_main ()
 {
         local cmd
@@ -114,8 +120,7 @@ __perf_main ()
         # List possible events for -e option
         elif [[ $prev == "-e" && "${words[1]}" == @(record|stat|top) ]]; then
                 evts=$($cmd list --raw-dump)
-                __perfcomp "$evts" "$cur"
-                __ltrim_colon_completions $cur
+                __perfcomp_colon "$evts" "$cur"
         # List long option names
         elif [[ $cur == --* ]];  then
                 subcmd=${words[1]}