diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 74a5af4d33ec5fc4720639c7634d37cf94e54a92..8bdfa3e5c8c7feb00cf83e982379dbfe3f09b763 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static int config_attr(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 }
 
 int parse_events_add_numeric(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
-			     unsigned long type, unsigned long config,
+			     u32 type, u64 config,
 			     struct list_head *head_config)
 {
 	struct perf_event_attr attr;
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events__term *term)
 
 static int new_term(struct parse_events__term **_term, int type_val,
 		    int type_term, char *config,
-		    char *str, long num)
+		    char *str, u64 num)
 {
 	struct parse_events__term *term;
 
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static int new_term(struct parse_events__term **_term, int type_val,
 }
 
 int parse_events__term_num(struct parse_events__term **term,
-			   int type_term, char *config, long num)
+			   int type_term, char *config, u64 num)
 {
 	return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM, type_term,
 			config, NULL, num);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index ee9c218a193c8d8c8b20f893da976d262931e172..163aad404619dc61d1a331215a08160b34fe9c2f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct parse_events__term {
 	char *config;
 	union {
 		char *str;
-		long  num;
+		u64  num;
 	} val;
 	int type_val;
 	int type_term;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct parse_events_data__terms {
 
 int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events__term *term);
 int parse_events__term_num(struct parse_events__term **_term,
-			   int type_term, char *config, long num);
+			   int type_term, char *config, u64 num);
 int parse_events__term_str(struct parse_events__term **_term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, char *str);
 int parse_events__term_clone(struct parse_events__term **new,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int parse_events_modifier(struct list_head *list, char *str);
 int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 				char *sys, char *event);
 int parse_events_add_numeric(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
-			     unsigned long type, unsigned long config,
+			     u32 type, u64 config,
 			     struct list_head *head_config);
 int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 			   char *type, char *op_result1, char *op_result2);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 384ca74c6b22d442ad74b23d70dd3598a4e7208a..e4abdf25d493581b981ae285cbecf7ae393f80a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ YYSTYPE *parse_events_get_lval(yyscan_t yyscanner);
 
 static int __value(YYSTYPE *yylval, char *str, int base, int token)
 {
-	long num;
+	u64 num;
 
 	errno = 0;
-	num = strtoul(str, NULL, base);
+	num = strtoull(str, NULL, base);
 	if (errno)
 		return PE_ERROR;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index 2bc5fbff2b5d2b101ac4b65cb9623c5d7ff24326..423d331514666266f95eee175cf188880cfa7bd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ do { \
 %union
 {
 	char *str;
-	unsigned long num;
+	u64 num;
 	struct list_head *head;
 	struct parse_events__term *term;
 }
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ PE_VALUE ':' PE_VALUE
 	struct parse_events_data__events *data = _data;
 	struct list_head *list = NULL;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(&list, &data->idx, $1, $3, NULL));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(&list, &data->idx, (u32)$1, $3, NULL));
 	$$ = list;
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ PE_TERM '=' PE_NAME
 {
 	struct parse_events__term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events__term_str(&term, $1, NULL, $3));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events__term_str(&term, (int)$1, NULL, $3));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ PE_TERM '=' PE_VALUE
 {
 	struct parse_events__term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events__term_num(&term, $1, NULL, $3));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events__term_num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, $3));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ PE_TERM
 {
 	struct parse_events__term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events__term_num(&term, $1, NULL, 1));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events__term_num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, 1));
 	$$ = term;
 }