1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/perf-completion.sh b/tools/perf/perf-completion.sh
index 01ce841f155b..4b58ac2ae578 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf-completion.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/perf-completion.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ __perf_main ()
                 fi
                 __perfcomp "$cmds" "$cur"
         # List possible events for -e option
-        elif [[ $prev == "-e" && "${words[1]}" == @(record|stat|top) ]]; then
+        elif [[ $prev == "-e" && $prev_skip_opts == @(record|stat|top) ]]; then
                 evts=$($cmd list --raw-dump)
                 __perfcomp_colon "$evts" "$cur"
         else