1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index ffa493a24333..41982c373faf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -734,6 +734,9 @@ parse_event_modifier(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
         if (!*str)
                 return 0;
 
+        if (*str == ',')
+                return 0;
+
         if (*str++ != ':')
                 return -1;