diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index b04c2b6b28b370..1f2965a07bef35 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2252,8 +2252,10 @@ static int process_cpu_topology(struct feat_fd *ff, void *data __maybe_unused)
 	/* On s390 the socket_id number is not related to the numbers of cpus.
 	 * The socket_id number might be higher than the numbers of cpus.
 	 * This depends on the configuration.
+	 * AArch64 is the same.
 	 */
-	if (ph->env.arch && !strncmp(ph->env.arch, "s390", 4))
+	if (ph->env.arch && (!strncmp(ph->env.arch, "s390", 4)
+			  || !strncmp(ph->env.arch, "aarch64", 7)))
 		do_core_id_test = false;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < (u32)cpu_nr; i++) {