diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index dfc982baecab..12b1755b136d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2358,6 +2358,10 @@ bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct evsel *evsel, int err,
 		char *new_name;
 		const char *sep = ":";
 
+		/* If event has exclude user then don't exclude kernel. */
+		if (evsel->core.attr.exclude_user)
+			return false;
+
 		/* Is there already the separator in the name. */
 		if (strchr(name, '/') ||
 		    strchr(name, ':'))