diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
index b1609a7e1d8c..fd5630f0a13c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
@@ -923,13 +923,20 @@ static int test__parsing_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int test__parsing(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
-			 int subtest __maybe_unused)
+static int test__parsing(struct test_suite *test, int subtest)
 {
 	int failures = 0;
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *table = NULL;
 
-	pmu_for_each_core_metric(test__parsing_callback, &failures);
-	pmu_for_each_sys_metric(test__parsing_callback, &failures);
+	if (test->test_cases)
+		table = test->test_cases[subtest].priv;
+
+	if (table) {
+		pmu_metrics_table__for_each_metric(table, test__parsing_callback, &failures);
+	} else {
+		pmu_for_each_core_metric(test__parsing_callback, &failures);
+		pmu_for_each_sys_metric(test__parsing_callback, &failures);
+	}
 
 	return failures == 0 ? TEST_OK : TEST_FAIL;
 }
@@ -1020,8 +1027,8 @@ static int test__parsing_fake_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
  * Parse all the metrics for current architecture, or all defined cpus via the
  * 'fake_pmu' in parse_events.
  */
-static int test__parsing_fake(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
-			      int subtest __maybe_unused)
+static int test__parsing_fake_static(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
+				     int subtest __maybe_unused)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -1031,6 +1038,26 @@ static int test__parsing_fake(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
 			return err;
 	}
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int test__parsing_fake(struct test_suite *test, int subtest)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *table = NULL;
+
+	if (test->test_cases)
+		table = test->test_cases[subtest].priv;
+
+	if (table)
+		return pmu_metrics_table__for_each_metric(table, test__parsing_fake_callback, NULL);
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(metrics); i++) {
+		err = metric_parse_fake("", metrics[i].str);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	err = pmu_for_each_core_metric(test__parsing_fake_callback, NULL);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1059,17 +1086,130 @@ static int test__parsing_threshold(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
 	return pmu_for_each_sys_metric(test__parsing_threshold_callback, NULL);
 }
 
+struct populate_cb_data {
+	struct test_case *test_cases;
+	size_t curr;
+};
+
+static int count_metrics_tables_cb(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table __maybe_unused, void *data)
+{
+	size_t *count = data;
+	(*count)++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int populate_metrics_tables_cb(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table, void *data)
+{
+	struct populate_cb_data *cb_data = data;
+	const char *table_name = pmu_metrics_table__name(table);
+	char *desc_real, *desc_fake;
+
+	if (!table_name)
+		table_name = "unknown";
+
+	if (asprintf(&desc_real, "PMU metric parsing: %s", table_name) < 0)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (asprintf(&desc_fake, "PMU metric parsing with fake PMU: %s", table_name) < 0) {
+		free(desc_real);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	cb_data->test_cases[cb_data->curr++] = (struct test_case){
+		.name = "parsing",
+		.desc = desc_real,
+		.run_case = test__parsing,
+		.priv = (void *)table,
+		.skip_reason = "some metrics failed",
+	};
+
+	cb_data->test_cases[cb_data->curr++] = (struct test_case){
+		.name = "parsing_fake",
+		.desc = desc_fake,
+		.run_case = test__parsing_fake,
+		.priv = (void *)table,
+	};
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct test_case pmu_events_tests[];
+
+static int setup_pmu_events_suite(struct test_suite *suite)
+{
+	size_t num_tables = 0;
+	size_t num_fixed_tests = 4;
+	size_t tests_per_table = 2;
+	size_t total_tests;
+	struct test_case *test_cases;
+	size_t curr = 0;
+	struct populate_cb_data cb_data;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (suite->test_cases != pmu_events_tests)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = pmu_metrics_table__iterate_tables(count_metrics_tables_cb, &num_tables);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	total_tests = num_fixed_tests + (num_tables * tests_per_table) + 1;
+
+	test_cases = calloc(total_tests, sizeof(*test_cases));
+	if (!test_cases)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	test_cases[curr++] = (struct test_case){
+		.name = "pmu_event_table",
+		.desc = "PMU event table sanity",
+		.run_case = test__pmu_event_table,
+	};
+	test_cases[curr++] = (struct test_case){
+		.name = "aliases",
+		.desc = "PMU event map aliases",
+		.run_case = test__aliases,
+	};
+	test_cases[curr++] = (struct test_case){
+		.name = "parsing_fake_static",
+		.desc = "Parsing of static metrics with fake PMU",
+		.run_case = test__parsing_fake_static,
+	};
+	test_cases[curr++] = (struct test_case){
+		.name = "parsing_threshold",
+		.desc = "Parsing of metric thresholds with fake PMU",
+		.run_case = test__parsing_threshold,
+	};
+
+	cb_data = (struct populate_cb_data){
+		.test_cases = test_cases,
+		.curr = curr,
+	};
+
+	ret = pmu_metrics_table__iterate_tables(populate_metrics_tables_cb, &cb_data);
+	if (ret) {
+		size_t i;
+
+		for (i = num_fixed_tests; i < cb_data.curr; i++)
+			free((char *)test_cases[i].desc);
+		free(test_cases);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	suite->test_cases = test_cases;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct test_case pmu_events_tests[] = {
 	TEST_CASE("PMU event table sanity", pmu_event_table),
 	TEST_CASE("PMU event map aliases", aliases),
 	TEST_CASE_REASON("Parsing of PMU event table metrics", parsing,
 			 "some metrics failed"),
-	TEST_CASE("Parsing of PMU event table metrics with fake PMUs", parsing_fake),
-	TEST_CASE("Parsing of metric thresholds with fake PMUs", parsing_threshold),
+	TEST_CASE("Parsing of PMU event table metrics with fake PMU", parsing_fake),
+	TEST_CASE("Parsing of metric thresholds with fake PMU", parsing_threshold),
 	{ .name = NULL, }
 };
 
 struct test_suite suite__pmu_events = {
 	.desc = "PMU JSON event tests",
 	.test_cases = pmu_events_tests,
+	.setup = setup_pmu_events_suite,
 };