diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index 8cdf41906e98..12c1872aa42e 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -8424,7 +8424,7 @@ void cmdline(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * Parse some options early, because they may make other options invalid,
 	 * like adding the MSR counter with --add and at the same time using --no-msr.
 	 */
-	while ((opt = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "MP", long_options, &option_index)) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "MPn:", long_options, &option_index)) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'M':
 			no_msr = 1;