diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index b8378ba18c28..9e7fdfcdd7ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void wordwrap(FILE *fp, const char *s, int start, int max, int corr)
 	}
 }
 
-static void default_print_event(void *ps, const char *pmu_name, const char *topic,
+static void default_print_event(void *ps, const char *topic, const char *pmu_name,
 				const char *event_name, const char *event_alias,
 				const char *scale_unit __maybe_unused,
 				bool deprecated, const char *event_type_desc,
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static void fix_escape_fprintf(FILE *fp, struct strbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ..
 	fputs(buf->buf, fp);
 }
 
-static void json_print_event(void *ps, const char *pmu_name, const char *topic,
+static void json_print_event(void *ps, const char *topic, const char *pmu_name,
 			     const char *event_name, const char *event_alias,
 			     const char *scale_unit,
 			     bool deprecated, const char *event_type_desc,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pfm.c b/tools/perf/util/pfm.c
index 5ccfe4b64cdf..0dacc133ed39 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pfm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pfm.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ print_libpfm_event(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state,
 	}
 
 	if (is_libpfm_event_supported(name, cpus, threads)) {
-		print_cb->print_event(print_state, pinfo->name, topic,
+		print_cb->print_event(print_state, topic, pinfo->name,
 				      name, info->equiv,
 				      /*scale_unit=*/NULL,
 				      /*deprecated=*/NULL, "PFM event",
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ print_libpfm_event(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state,
 				continue;
 
 			print_cb->print_event(print_state,
-					pinfo->name,
 					topic,
+					pinfo->name,
 					name, /*alias=*/NULL,
 					/*scale_unit=*/NULL,
 					/*deprecated=*/NULL, "PFM event",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
index 451c6e00ad70..b493da0d22ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ void perf_pmus__print_pmu_events(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *p
 			goto free;
 
 		print_cb->print_event(print_state,
-				aliases[j].pmu_name,
 				aliases[j].topic,
+				aliases[j].pmu_name,
 				aliases[j].name,
 				aliases[j].alias,
 				aliases[j].scale_unit,