diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh
index 5d59c32ae3e7..561c93b75d77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 perf_has_symbol()
 {
-	if perf test -vv "Symbols" 2>&1 | grep "[[:space:]]$1$"; then
+	if perf test -vv -F "Symbols" 2>&1 | grep "[[:space:]]$1$"; then
 		echo "perf does have symbol '$1'"
 		return 0
 	fi