diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters_cgrp.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters_cgrp.sh
index a74440a00b6b..e75d0780dc78 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters_cgrp.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters_cgrp.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ check_system_wide_counted()
 
 check_cpu_list_counted()
 {
-	check_cpu_list_counted_output=$(perf stat -C 1 --bpf-counters --for-each-cgroup ${test_cgroups} -e cpu-clock -x, taskset -c 1 sleep 1  2>&1)
+	check_cpu_list_counted_output=$(perf stat -C 0,1 --bpf-counters --for-each-cgroup ${test_cgroups} -e cpu-clock -x, taskset -c 1 sleep 1  2>&1)
 	if echo ${check_cpu_list_counted_output} | grep -q -F "<not "; then
 		echo "Some CPU events are not counted"
 		if [ "${verbose}" = "1" ]; then