diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index cbb773ed6f1a39..ca8682966fae47 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -671,11 +671,11 @@ int auxtrace_record__read_finish(struct auxtrace_record *itr, int idx)
 {
 	struct evsel *evsel;
 
-	if (!itr->evlist || !itr->pmu)
+	if (!itr->evlist)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(itr->evlist, evsel) {
-		if (evsel->core.attr.type == itr->pmu->type) {
+		if (evsel__is_aux_event(evsel)) {
 			if (evsel->disabled)
 				return 0;
 			return evlist__enable_event_idx(itr->evlist, evsel, idx);