diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/expr.c b/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
index 41ff1affdfcd..726cf8d4da28 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/expr.c
@@ -75,14 +75,12 @@ static int test__expr(struct test_suite *t __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_u
 	double val, num_cpus_online, num_cpus, num_cores, num_dies, num_packages;
 	int ret;
 	struct expr_parse_ctx *ctx;
-	bool is_intel = false;
 	char strcmp_cpuid_buf[256];
 	struct perf_cpu cpu = {-1};
 	char *cpuid = get_cpuid_allow_env_override(cpu);
 	char *escaped_cpuid1, *escaped_cpuid2;
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("get_cpuid", cpuid);
-	is_intel = strstr(cpuid, "Intel") != NULL;
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("ids_union", test_ids_union(), 0);
 
@@ -245,12 +243,19 @@ static int test__expr(struct test_suite *t __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_u
 	if (num_dies) // Some platforms do not have CPU die support, for example s390
 		TEST_ASSERT_VAL("#num_dies >= #num_packages", num_dies >= num_packages);
 
-	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("#system_tsc_freq", expr__parse(&val, ctx, "#system_tsc_freq") == 0);
-	if (is_intel)
-		TEST_ASSERT_VAL("#system_tsc_freq > 0", val > 0);
-	else
-		TEST_ASSERT_VAL("#system_tsc_freq == 0", fpclassify(val) == FP_ZERO);
 
+	if (expr__parse(&val, ctx, "#system_tsc_freq") == 0) {
+		bool is_intel = strstr(cpuid, "Intel") != NULL;
+
+		if (is_intel)
+			TEST_ASSERT_VAL("#system_tsc_freq > 0", val > 0);
+		else
+			TEST_ASSERT_VAL("#system_tsc_freq == 0", fpclassify(val) == FP_ZERO);
+	} else {
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+		TEST_ASSERT_VAL("#system_tsc_freq unsupported", 0);
+#endif
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Source count returns the number of events aggregating in a leader
 	 * event including the leader. Check parsing yields an id.