diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 6a4d350d5cdb..02aee946b6c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ static struct evsel *find_evsel_group(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
 		if (!strcmp(ev->name, ids[i])) {
 			if (!metric_events[i])
 				metric_events[i] = ev;
+			i++;
+			if (i == idnum)
+				break;
 		} else {
-			if (++i == idnum) {
+			if (i + 1 == idnum) {
 				/* Discard the whole match and start again */
 				i = 0;
 				memset(metric_events, 0,
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ static struct evsel *find_evsel_group(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (i != idnum - 1) {
+	if (i != idnum) {
 		/* Not whole match */
 		return NULL;
 	}