diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/pmu.c
index b4eaf00ec5a8..fa143acb4c8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/pmu.c
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu__find_core_pmu(void)
 
 		return pmu;
 	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *pmu_metrics_table__find(void)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu *pmu = pmu__find_core_pmu();
+
+	if (pmu)
+		return perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(pmu);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
index 10bd4943ebf8..a938b74cf487 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
@@ -278,13 +278,11 @@ int pmu_events_table_for_each_event(const struct pmu_events_table *table, pmu_ev
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(const struct pmu_events_table *etable, pmu_metric_iter_fn fn,
-				     void *data)
+int pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table, pmu_metric_iter_fn fn,
+				      void *data)
 {
-	struct pmu_metrics_table *table = (struct pmu_metrics_table *)etable;
-
 	for (const struct pmu_metric *pm = &table->entries[0]; pm->metric_expr; pm++) {
-		int ret = fn(pm, etable, data);
+		int ret = fn(pm, table, data);
 
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
@@ -320,9 +318,9 @@ const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_events_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 	return table;
 }
 
-const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
-	const struct pmu_events_table *table = NULL;
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *table = NULL;
 	char *cpuid = perf_pmu__getcpuid(pmu);
 	int i;
 
@@ -340,7 +338,7 @@ const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu
 			break;
 
 		if (!strcmp_cpuid_str(map->cpuid, cpuid)) {
-			table = (const struct pmu_events_table *)&map->metric_table;
+			table = &map->metric_table;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -359,13 +357,13 @@ const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_events_table(const char *arch, const ch
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_metrics_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid)
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *find_core_metrics_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid)
 {
 	for (const struct pmu_events_map *tables = &pmu_events_map[0];
 	     tables->arch;
 	     tables++) {
 		if (!strcmp(tables->arch, arch) && !strcmp_cpuid_str(tables->cpuid, cpuid))
-			return (const struct pmu_events_table *)&tables->metric_table;
+			return &tables->metric_table;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -386,8 +384,7 @@ int pmu_for_each_core_metric(pmu_metric_iter_fn fn, void *data)
 	for (const struct pmu_events_map *tables = &pmu_events_map[0];
 	     tables->arch;
 	     tables++) {
-		int ret = pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(
-			(const struct pmu_events_table *)&tables->metric_table, fn, data);
+		int ret = pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(&tables->metric_table, fn, data);
 
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
index 5f8d490c7269..d83cc94af51f 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
@@ -611,10 +611,12 @@ int pmu_events_table_for_each_event(const struct pmu_events_table *table,
         return 0;
 }
 
-int pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+int pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(const struct pmu_metrics_table *mtable,
                                      pmu_metric_iter_fn fn,
                                      void *data)
 {
+        const struct pmu_events_table *table = (const struct pmu_events_table *)mtable;
+
         for (size_t i = 0; i < table->length; i++) {
                 struct pmu_metric pm;
                 int ret;
@@ -622,7 +624,7 @@ int pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(const struct pmu_events_table *table,
                 decompress_metric(table->entries[i].offset, &pm);
                 if (!pm.metric_expr)
                         continue;
-                ret = fn(&pm, table, data);
+                ret = fn(&pm, mtable, data);
                 if (ret)
                         return ret;
         }
@@ -656,6 +658,11 @@ const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_events_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
         return table;
 }
 
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
+{
+        return (struct pmu_metrics_table *)perf_pmu__find_events_table(pmu);
+}
+
 const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_events_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid)
 {
         for (const struct pmu_events_map *tables = &pmu_events_map[0];
@@ -667,9 +674,9 @@ const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_events_table(const char *arch, const ch
         return NULL;
 }
 
-const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_metrics_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid)
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *find_core_metrics_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid)
 {
-        return (struct pmu_events_table *)find_core_events_table(arch, cpuid);
+       return (struct pmu_metrics_table *)find_core_events_table(arch, cpuid);
 }
 
 int pmu_for_each_core_event(pmu_event_iter_fn fn, void *data)
@@ -690,7 +697,8 @@ int pmu_for_each_core_metric(pmu_metric_iter_fn fn, void *data)
         for (const struct pmu_events_map *tables = &pmu_events_map[0];
              tables->arch;
              tables++) {
-                int ret = pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(&tables->table, fn, data);
+                int ret = pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(
+                                (struct pmu_metrics_table *)&tables->table, fn, data);
 
                 if (ret)
                         return ret;
@@ -727,7 +735,8 @@ int pmu_for_each_sys_metric(pmu_metric_iter_fn fn, void *data)
         for (const struct pmu_sys_events *tables = &pmu_sys_event_tables[0];
              tables->name;
              tables++) {
-                int ret = pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(&tables->table, fn, data);
+                int ret = pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(
+                                (struct pmu_metrics_table *)&tables->table, fn, data);
 
                 if (ret)
                         return ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
index dca32979d6a4..b7d4a66b8ad2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
@@ -39,28 +39,30 @@ struct pmu_metric {
 };
 
 struct pmu_events_table;
+struct pmu_metrics_table;
 
 typedef int (*pmu_event_iter_fn)(const struct pmu_event *pe,
 				 const struct pmu_events_table *table,
 				 void *data);
 
 typedef int (*pmu_metric_iter_fn)(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
-				  const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+				  const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
 				  void *data);
 
 int pmu_events_table_for_each_event(const struct pmu_events_table *table, pmu_event_iter_fn fn,
 				    void *data);
-int pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(const struct pmu_events_table *table, pmu_metric_iter_fn fn,
+int pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table, pmu_metric_iter_fn fn,
 				     void *data);
 
 const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_events_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
-const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_events_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid);
-const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_metrics_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid);
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *find_core_metrics_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid);
 int pmu_for_each_core_event(pmu_event_iter_fn fn, void *data);
 int pmu_for_each_core_metric(pmu_metric_iter_fn fn, void *data);
 
 const struct pmu_events_table *find_sys_events_table(const char *name);
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *find_sys_metrics_table(const char *name);
 int pmu_for_each_sys_event(pmu_event_iter_fn fn, void *data);
 int pmu_for_each_sys_metric(pmu_metric_iter_fn fn, void *data);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c b/tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c
index 4f3195b84463..672a27f37060 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int expand_metric_events(void)
 	struct evlist *evlist;
 	struct rblist metric_events;
 	const char metric_str[] = "CPI";
-	const struct pmu_events_table *pme_test;
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *pme_test;
 
 	evlist = evlist__new();
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to get evlist", evlist);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c
index 6c527cd805fe..9fec6040950c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int __compute_metric(const char *name, struct value *vals,
 	struct rblist metric_events = {
 		.nr_entries = 0,
 	};
-	const struct pmu_events_table *pme_test;
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *pme_test;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;
 	struct runtime_stat st;
 	struct evlist *evlist;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
index c2b3ada57cbc..9f2e385e0991 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
@@ -813,7 +813,8 @@ struct metric {
 	struct metric_ref metric_ref;
 };
 
-static int test__parsing_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm, const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+static int test__parsing_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
+				  const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
 				  void *data)
 {
 	int *failures = data;
@@ -995,7 +996,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int test__parsing_fake_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
-				       const struct pmu_events_table *table __maybe_unused,
+				       const struct pmu_metrics_table *table __maybe_unused,
 				       void *data __maybe_unused)
 {
 	return metric_parse_fake(pm->metric_name, pm->metric_expr);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 47fd02af66f1..f3559be95541 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ struct metricgroup_iter_data {
 };
 
 static int metricgroup__sys_event_iter(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
-				       const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+				       const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
 				       void *data)
 {
 	struct metricgroup_iter_data *d = data;
@@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ static int metricgroup__sys_event_iter(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
 }
 
 static int metricgroup__add_to_mep_groups_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
-						const struct pmu_events_table *table __maybe_unused,
-						void *vdata)
+					const struct pmu_metrics_table *table __maybe_unused,
+					void *vdata)
 {
 	struct rblist *groups = vdata;
 
@@ -488,16 +488,16 @@ static int metricgroup__add_to_mep_groups_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
 void metricgroup__print(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state)
 {
 	struct rblist groups;
-	const struct pmu_events_table *table;
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *table;
 	struct rb_node *node, *next;
 
 	rblist__init(&groups);
 	groups.node_new = mep_new;
 	groups.node_cmp = mep_cmp;
 	groups.node_delete = mep_delete;
-	table = pmu_events_table__find();
+	table = pmu_metrics_table__find();
 	if (table) {
-		pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(table,
+		pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(table,
 						 metricgroup__add_to_mep_groups_callback,
 						 &groups);
 	}
@@ -765,11 +765,11 @@ struct metricgroup_add_iter_data {
 	bool system_wide;
 	struct metric *root_metric;
 	const struct visited_metric *visited;
-	const struct pmu_events_table *table;
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *table;
 };
 
 static bool metricgroup__find_metric(const char *metric,
-				     const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+				     const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
 				     struct pmu_metric *pm);
 
 static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
 		      bool system_wide,
 		      struct metric *root_metric,
 		      const struct visited_metric *visited,
-		      const struct pmu_events_table *table);
+		      const struct pmu_metrics_table *table);
 
 /**
  * resolve_metric - Locate metrics within the root metric and recursively add
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static int resolve_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
 			  bool system_wide,
 			  struct metric *root_metric,
 			  const struct visited_metric *visited,
-			  const struct pmu_events_table *table)
+			  const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
 {
 	struct hashmap_entry *cur;
 	size_t bkt;
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static int __add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
 			bool system_wide,
 			struct metric *root_metric,
 			const struct visited_metric *visited,
-			const struct pmu_events_table *table)
+			const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
 {
 	const struct visited_metric *vm;
 	int ret;
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ struct metricgroup__find_metric_data {
 };
 
 static int metricgroup__find_metric_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
-					     const struct pmu_events_table *table  __maybe_unused,
+					     const struct pmu_metrics_table *table  __maybe_unused,
 					     void *vdata)
 {
 	struct metricgroup__find_metric_data *data = vdata;
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ static int metricgroup__find_metric_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
 }
 
 static bool metricgroup__find_metric(const char *metric,
-				     const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+				     const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
 				     struct pmu_metric *pm)
 {
 	struct metricgroup__find_metric_data data = {
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static bool metricgroup__find_metric(const char *metric,
 		.pm = pm,
 	};
 
-	return pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(table, metricgroup__find_metric_callback, &data)
+	return pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(table, metricgroup__find_metric_callback, &data)
 		? true : false;
 }
 
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
 		      bool system_wide,
 		      struct metric *root_metric,
 		      const struct visited_metric *visited,
-		      const struct pmu_events_table *table)
+		      const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -1045,8 +1045,8 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
 }
 
 static int metricgroup__add_metric_sys_event_iter(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
-						const struct pmu_events_table *table __maybe_unused,
-						void *data)
+					const struct pmu_metrics_table *table __maybe_unused,
+					void *data)
 {
 	struct metricgroup_add_iter_data *d = data;
 	int ret;
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ struct metricgroup__add_metric_data {
 };
 
 static int metricgroup__add_metric_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
-					    const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+					    const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
 					    void *vdata)
 {
 	struct metricgroup__add_metric_data *data = vdata;
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric_name, const char *modifier
 				   const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
 				   bool system_wide,
 				   struct list_head *metric_list,
-				   const struct pmu_events_table *table)
+				   const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 	int ret;
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric_name, const char *modifier
 		 * Iterate over all metrics seeing if metric matches either the
 		 * name or group. When it does add the metric to the list.
 		 */
-		ret = pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(table, metricgroup__add_metric_callback,
+		ret = pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(table, metricgroup__add_metric_callback,
 						       &data);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ out:
 static int metricgroup__add_metric_list(const char *list, bool metric_no_group,
 					const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
 					bool system_wide, struct list_head *metric_list,
-					const struct pmu_events_table *table)
+					const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
 {
 	char *list_itr, *list_copy, *metric_name, *modifier;
 	int ret, count = 0;
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,
 			bool system_wide,
 			struct perf_pmu *fake_pmu,
 			struct rblist *metric_events_list,
-			const struct pmu_events_table *table)
+			const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
 {
 	struct evlist *combined_evlist = NULL;
 	LIST_HEAD(metric_list);
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
 			      bool system_wide,
 			      struct rblist *metric_events)
 {
-	const struct pmu_events_table *table = pmu_events_table__find();
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *table = pmu_metrics_table__find();
 
 	if (!table)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
 }
 
 int metricgroup__parse_groups_test(struct evlist *evlist,
-				   const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+				   const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
 				   const char *str,
 				   bool metric_no_group,
 				   bool metric_no_merge,
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups_test(struct evlist *evlist,
 }
 
 static int metricgroup__has_metric_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
-					    const struct pmu_events_table *table __maybe_unused,
+					    const struct pmu_metrics_table *table __maybe_unused,
 					    void *vdata)
 {
 	const char *metric = vdata;
@@ -1617,12 +1617,12 @@ static int metricgroup__has_metric_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
 
 bool metricgroup__has_metric(const char *metric)
 {
-	const struct pmu_events_table *table = pmu_events_table__find();
+	const struct pmu_metrics_table *table = pmu_metrics_table__find();
 
 	if (!table)
 		return false;
 
-	return pmu_events_table_for_each_metric(table, metricgroup__has_metric_callback,
+	return pmu_metrics_table_for_each_metric(table, metricgroup__has_metric_callback,
 						(void *)metric) ? true : false;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
index b1f186d0f514..84030321a057 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
 			      bool system_wide,
 			      struct rblist *metric_events);
 int metricgroup__parse_groups_test(struct evlist *evlist,
-				   const struct pmu_events_table *table,
+				   const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
 				   const char *str,
 				   bool metric_no_group,
 				   bool metric_no_merge,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index f8c214d8815f..c256b29defad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -655,6 +655,11 @@ __weak const struct pmu_events_table *pmu_events_table__find(void)
 	return perf_pmu__find_events_table(NULL);
 }
 
+__weak const struct pmu_metrics_table *pmu_metrics_table__find(void)
+{
+	return perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(NULL);
+}
+
 /*
  * Suffix must be in form tok_{digits}, or tok{digits}, or same as pmu_name
  * to be valid.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 64c596a358cc..6b770f17eb86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ void pmu_add_cpu_aliases_table(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu,
 
 char *perf_pmu__getcpuid(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 const struct pmu_events_table *pmu_events_table__find(void);
+const struct pmu_metrics_table *pmu_metrics_table__find(void);
 bool pmu_uncore_alias_match(const char *pmu_name, const char *name);
 void perf_pmu_free_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias);