1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index f62dee7bd924..4a015f77e2b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int get_value(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
                 return opterror(opt, "is not usable", flags);
 
         if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_EXCLUSIVE) {
-                if (p->excl_opt) {
+                if (p->excl_opt && p->excl_opt != opt) {
                         char msg[128];
 
                         if (((flags & OPT_SHORT) && p->excl_opt->short_name) ||