diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
index eba6541ec0f1..4241ad6c9fa0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ struct perf_event_attr
 	}
 
 	arm_spe_pmu->selectable = true;
-	arm_spe_pmu->is_uncore = false;
+	arm_spe_pmu->is_uncore_or_sys = false;
 
 	return attr;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index dc14f4a823cd..d583b2a64d93 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct evsel {
 	bool			precise_max;
 	bool			ignore_missing_thread;
 	bool			forced_leader;
-	bool			use_uncore_alias;
+	bool			use_uncore_or_system_alias;
 	/* parse modifier helper */
 	int			exclude_GH;
 	int			sample_read;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index ed7c008b9c8b..89105d5f0f0b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ __add_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	(*idx)++;
 	evsel->core.cpus   = perf_cpu_map__get(cpus);
 	evsel->core.own_cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(cpus);
-	evsel->core.system_wide = pmu ? pmu->is_uncore : false;
+	evsel->core.system_wide = pmu ? pmu->is_uncore_or_sys : false;
 	evsel->auto_merge_stats = auto_merge_stats;
 
 	if (name)
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 	struct perf_pmu *pmu;
 	struct evsel *evsel;
 	struct parse_events_error *err = parse_state->error;
-	bool use_uncore_alias;
+	bool use_uncore_or_system_alias;
 	LIST_HEAD(config_terms);
 
 	pmu = perf_pmu__find(name);
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 		memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
 	}
 
-	use_uncore_alias = (pmu->is_uncore && use_alias);
+	use_uncore_or_system_alias = (pmu->is_uncore_or_sys && use_alias);
 
 	if (!head_config) {
 		attr.type = pmu->type;
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 				    auto_merge_stats, NULL);
 		if (evsel) {
 			evsel->pmu_name = name;
-			evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
+			evsel->use_uncore_or_system_alias = use_uncore_or_system_alias;
 			return 0;
 		} else {
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 		evsel->metric_expr = info.metric_expr;
 		evsel->metric_name = info.metric_name;
 		evsel->pmu_name = name;
-		evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
+		evsel->use_uncore_or_system_alias = use_uncore_or_system_alias;
 		evsel->percore = config_term_percore(&evsel->config_terms);
 	}
 
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ parse_events__set_leader_for_uncore_aliase(char *name, struct list_head *list,
 	__evlist__for_each_entry(list, evsel) {
 
 		/* Only split the uncore group which members use alias */
-		if (!evsel->use_uncore_alias)
+		if (!evsel->use_uncore_or_system_alias)
 			goto out;
 
 		/* The events must be from the same uncore block */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 8b99fd312aae..569aba4cec89 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static struct perf_cpu_map *pmu_cpumask(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static bool pmu_is_uncore(const char *name)
+static bool pmu_is_uncore_or_sys(const char *name)
 {
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
 	const char *sysfs;
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (pmu_is_uncore(name) &&
+		if (pmu_is_uncore_or_sys(name) &&
 		    pmu_uncore_alias_match(pname, name))
 			goto new_alias;
 
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(const char *name)
 	pmu->cpus = pmu_cpumask(name);
 	pmu->name = strdup(name);
 	pmu->type = type;
-	pmu->is_uncore = pmu_is_uncore(name);
+	pmu->is_uncore_or_sys = pmu_is_uncore_or_sys(name);
 	pmu->max_precise = pmu_max_precise(name);
 	pmu_add_cpu_aliases(&aliases, pmu);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 6737e3d5d568..67cf002c9458 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct perf_pmu {
 	char *name;
 	__u32 type;
 	bool selectable;
-	bool is_uncore;
+	bool is_uncore_or_sys;
 	bool auxtrace;
 	int max_precise;
 	struct perf_event_attr *default_config;
