diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh
index 1b58ccc1fd88..4d6c3c1b7fb9 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record_bpf_filter.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ test_bpf_filter_fail() {
 test_bpf_filter_group() {
   echo "Group bpf-filter test"
 
-  if ! perf record -e task-clock --filter 'period > 1000 || ip > 0' \
+  if ! perf record -e task-clock --filter 'period > 1000, ip > 0' \
 	  -o /dev/null true 2>/dev/null
   then
     echo "Group bpf-filter test [Failed should succeed]"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ test_bpf_filter_group() {
     return
   fi
 
-  if ! perf record -e task-clock --filter 'cpu > 0 || ip > 0' \
+  if ! perf record -e task-clock --filter 'period > 1000 , cpu > 0 || ip > 0' \
 	  -o /dev/null true 2>&1 | grep -q PERF_SAMPLE_CPU
   then
     echo "Group bpf-filter test [Failed forbidden CPU]"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.l b/tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.l
index f313404f95a9..6aa65ade3385 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.l
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int path_or_error(void)
 num_dec		[0-9]+
 num_hex		0[Xx][0-9a-fA-F]+
 space		[ \t]+
-path		[^ \t\n]+
+path		[^ \t\n,]+
 ident		[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]+
 
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