1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 1869e4c646db..8e54bdb553c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -649,13 +649,15 @@ static int check_events(const char *str, unsigned int i)
         int n;
 
         n = strlen(event_symbols[i].symbol);
-        if (!strncmp(str, event_symbols[i].symbol, n))
+        if (!strncasecmp(str, event_symbols[i].symbol, n))
                 return n;
 
         n = strlen(event_symbols[i].alias);
-        if (n)
-                if (!strncmp(str, event_symbols[i].alias, n))
+        if (n) {
+                if (!strncasecmp(str, event_symbols[i].alias, n))
                         return n;
+        }
+
         return 0;
 }