diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
index d7d67e09d759..362596ed2729 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
@@ -701,11 +701,25 @@ char *perf_pmus__default_pmu_name(void)
 struct perf_pmu *evsel__find_pmu(const struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu *pmu = evsel->pmu;
+	bool legacy_core_type;
 
-	if (!pmu) {
-		pmu = perf_pmus__find_by_type(evsel->core.attr.type);
-		((struct evsel *)evsel)->pmu = pmu;
+	if (pmu)
+		return pmu;
+
+	pmu = perf_pmus__find_by_type(evsel->core.attr.type);
+	legacy_core_type =
+		evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE ||
+		evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE;
+	if (!pmu && legacy_core_type) {
+		if (perf_pmus__supports_extended_type()) {
+			u32 type = evsel->core.attr.config >> PERF_PMU_TYPE_SHIFT;
+
+			pmu = perf_pmus__find_by_type(type);
+		} else {
+			pmu = perf_pmus__find_core_pmu();
+		}
 	}
+	((struct evsel *)evsel)->pmu = pmu;
 	return pmu;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 99376c12dd8e..7c49997fab3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static double find_stat(const struct evsel *evsel, int aggr_idx, enum stat_type
 {
 	const struct evsel *cur;
 	int evsel_ctx = evsel_context(evsel);
+	struct perf_pmu *evsel_pmu = evsel__find_pmu(evsel);
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evsel->evlist, cur) {
 		struct perf_stat_aggr *aggr;
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ static double find_stat(const struct evsel *evsel, int aggr_idx, enum stat_type
 		 * Except the SW CLOCK events,
 		 * ignore if not the PMU we're looking for.
 		 */
-		if ((type != STAT_NSECS) && (evsel->pmu != cur->pmu))
+		if ((type != STAT_NSECS) && (evsel_pmu != evsel__find_pmu(cur)))
 			continue;
 
 		aggr = &cur->stats->aggr[aggr_idx];