+	eg->ids = ids;
+	eg->idnum = idnum;
+	eg->metric_name = pe->metric_name;
+	eg->metric_expr = pe->metric_expr;
+	eg->metric_unit = pe->unit;
+	list_add_tail(&eg->nd, group_list);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric, struct strbuf *events,
 				   struct list_head *group_list)
 {

@@ -504,35 +538,12 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric, struct strbuf *events,
 			continue;
 		if (match_metric(pe->metric_group, metric) ||
 		    match_metric(pe->metric_name, metric)) {
-			const char **ids;
-			int idnum;
-			struct egroup *eg;
 
 			pr_debug("metric expr %s for %s\n", pe->metric_expr, pe->metric_name);
 
-			if (expr__find_other(pe->metric_expr,
-					     NULL, &ids, &idnum) < 0)
+			ret = __metricgroup__add_metric(events,	group_list, pe);
+			if (ret == -EINVAL || !ret)
 				continue;