diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
index 521557c396bce..db2fed0c69935 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
@@ -1021,12 +1021,34 @@ static int test__parsing_fake(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
 	return pmu_for_each_sys_metric(test__parsing_fake_callback, NULL);
 }
 
+static int test__parsing_threshold_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
+					const struct pmu_metrics_table *table __maybe_unused,
+					void *data __maybe_unused)
+{
+	if (!pm->metric_threshold)
+		return 0;
+	return metric_parse_fake(pm->metric_name, pm->metric_threshold);
+}
+
+static int test__parsing_threshold(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
+			      int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	err = pmu_for_each_core_metric(test__parsing_threshold_callback, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return pmu_for_each_sys_metric(test__parsing_threshold_callback, NULL);
+}
+
 static struct test_case pmu_events_tests[] = {
 	TEST_CASE("PMU event table sanity", pmu_event_table),
 	TEST_CASE("PMU event map aliases", aliases),
 	TEST_CASE_REASON("Parsing of PMU event table metrics", parsing,
 			 "some metrics failed"),
 	TEST_CASE("Parsing of PMU event table metrics with fake PMUs", parsing_fake),
+	TEST_CASE("Parsing of metric thresholds with fake PMUs", parsing_threshold),
 	{ .name = NULL, }
 };