char *metric_expr,
                                 char *metric_name)
 {
+       struct parse_events_term *term;
        struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;
        int ret;
        int num;
+       char newval[256];
 
        alias = malloc(sizeof(*alias));
        if (!alias)
                return ret;
        }
 
+       /* Scan event and remove leading zeroes, spaces, newlines, some
+        * platforms have terms specified as
+        * event=0x0091 (read from files ../<PMU>/events/<FILE>
+        * and terms specified as event=0x91 (read from JSON files).
+        *
+        * Rebuild string to make alias->str member comparable.
+        */
+       memset(newval, 0, sizeof(newval));
+       ret = 0;
+       list_for_each_entry(term, &alias->terms, list) {
+               if (ret)
+                       ret += scnprintf(newval + ret, sizeof(newval) - ret,
+                                        ",");
+               if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM)
+                       ret += scnprintf(newval + ret, sizeof(newval) - ret,
+                                        "%s=%#x", term->config, term->val.num);
+               else if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR)
+                       ret += scnprintf(newval + ret, sizeof(newval) - ret,
+                                        "%s=%s", term->config, term->val.str);
+       }
+
        alias->name = strdup(name);
        if (dir) {
                /*
                snprintf(alias->unit, sizeof(alias->unit), "%s", unit);
        }
        alias->per_pkg = perpkg && sscanf(perpkg, "%d", &num) == 1 && num == 1;
-       alias->str = strdup(val);
+       alias->str = strdup(newval);
 
        list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);