diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c
index f924246eff78..8d9b55959256 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct evsel *arch_evlist__leader(struct list_head *list)
 
 	__evlist__for_each_entry(list, evsel) {
 		if (evsel->pmu_name && !strcmp(evsel->pmu_name, "cpu") &&
-			evsel->name && strstr(evsel->name, "slots"))
+			evsel->name && strcasestr(evsel->name, "slots"))
 			return evsel;
 	}
 	return first;