diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
index 873e9fb2041f..a9263bd948c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
@@ -539,17 +539,7 @@ const struct pmu_metrics_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pm
         if (!map)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (!pmu)
-                return &map->metric_table;
-
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < map->metric_table.num_pmus; i++) {
-                const struct pmu_table_entry *table_pmu = &map->metric_table.pmus[i];
-                const char *pmu_name = &big_c_string[table_pmu->pmu_name.offset];
-
-                if (pmu__name_match(pmu, pmu_name))
-                           return &map->metric_table;
-        }
-        return NULL;
+	return &map->metric_table;
 }
 
 const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_events_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid)
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
index d46a22fb5573..4145e0277753 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
@@ -1089,17 +1089,7 @@ const struct pmu_metrics_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pm
         if (!map)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (!pmu)
-                return &map->metric_table;
-
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < map->metric_table.num_pmus; i++) {
-                const struct pmu_table_entry *table_pmu = &map->metric_table.pmus[i];
-                const char *pmu_name = &big_c_string[table_pmu->pmu_name.offset];
-
-                if (pmu__name_match(pmu, pmu_name))
-                           return &map->metric_table;
-        }
-        return NULL;
+	return &map->metric_table;
 }
 
 const struct pmu_events_table *find_core_events_table(const char *arch, const char *cpuid)