diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
index c679a79aef51..1f20f587e053 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static int json_events(const char *fn,
 			} else if (json_streq(map, field, "ExtSel")) {
 				char *code = NULL;
 				addfield(map, &code, "", "", val);
-				eventcode |= strtoul(code, NULL, 0) << 21;
+				eventcode |= strtoul(code, NULL, 0) << 8;
 				free(code);
 			} else if (json_streq(map, field, "EventName")) {
 				addfield(map, &je.name, "", "", val);