diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 2b75ec2f57e8..3e643f5da202 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -1170,6 +1170,8 @@ process_op(struct event *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
 		   strcmp(token, "*") == 0 ||
 		   strcmp(token, "^") == 0 ||
 		   strcmp(token, "/") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, "<") == 0 ||
+		   strcmp(token, ">") == 0 ||
 		   strcmp(token, "==") == 0 ||
 		   strcmp(token, "!=") == 0) {