evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr, true,
                            get_config_name(head_config), pmu,
                            &config_terms, auto_merge_stats, NULL);
-       if (evsel) {
-               evsel->unit = info.unit;
-               evsel->scale = info.scale;
-               evsel->per_pkg = info.per_pkg;
-               evsel->snapshot = info.snapshot;
-               evsel->metric_expr = info.metric_expr;
-               evsel->metric_name = info.metric_name;
-               evsel->pmu_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
-               evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
-               evsel->percore = config_term_percore(&evsel->config_terms);
-       }
-
-       return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+       if (!evsel)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       evsel->pmu_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
+       evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
+       evsel->percore = config_term_percore(&evsel->config_terms);
+
+       if (parse_state->fake_pmu)
+               return 0;
+
+       evsel->unit = info.unit;
+       evsel->scale = info.scale;
+       evsel->per_pkg = info.per_pkg;
+       evsel->snapshot = info.snapshot;
+       evsel->metric_expr = info.metric_expr;
+       evsel->metric_name = info.metric_name;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 int parse_events_multi_pmu_add(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,