diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index d72a565ec483..49e6f7c6fb70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ static void metricgroup__free_egroups(struct list_head *group_list)
 static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,
 			bool metric_no_group,
 			bool metric_no_merge,
+			struct perf_pmu *fake_pmu,
 			struct rblist *metric_events)
 {
 	struct parse_events_error parse_error;
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,
 		return ret;
 	pr_debug("adding %s\n", extra_events.buf);
 	bzero(&parse_error, sizeof(parse_error));
-	ret = parse_events(perf_evlist, extra_events.buf, &parse_error);
+	ret = __parse_events(perf_evlist, extra_events.buf, &parse_error, fake_pmu);
 	if (ret) {
 		parse_events_print_error(&parse_error, extra_events.buf);
 		goto out;
@@ -749,7 +750,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(const struct option *opt,
 	struct evlist *perf_evlist = *(struct evlist **)opt->value;
 
 	return parse_groups(perf_evlist, str, metric_no_group,
-			    metric_no_merge, metric_events);
+			    metric_no_merge, NULL, metric_events);
 }
 
 bool metricgroup__has_metric(const char *metric)