diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2-imp-def.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2/core-imp-def.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2-imp-def.json
rename to tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2/core-imp-def.json
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/mapfile.csv b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/mapfile.csv
index e61c9ca6cf9e..952a05cbf675 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/mapfile.csv
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/mapfile.csv
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 #
 #
 #Family-model,Version,Filename,EventType
-0x00000000420f5160,v1,cavium,core
+0x00000000420f5160,v1,cavium/thunderx2,core
 0x00000000410fd03[[:xdigit:]],v1,cortex-a53,core