diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index d9629a83aa78..13f705737367 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -948,8 +948,6 @@ static void print_no_aggr_metric(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		struct evsel *counter;
 		bool first = true;
 
-		if (prefix)
-			fputs(prefix, config->output);
 		evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter) {
 			u64 ena, run, val;
 			double uval;
@@ -961,6 +959,8 @@ static void print_no_aggr_metric(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 
 			id = aggr_cpu_id__cpu(cpu, /*data=*/NULL);
 			if (first) {
+				if (prefix)
+					fputs(prefix, config->output);
 				aggr_printout(config, counter, id, 0);
 				first = false;
 			}
@@ -972,7 +972,8 @@ static void print_no_aggr_metric(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 			printout(config, id, 0, counter, uval, prefix,
 				 run, ena, 1.0, &rt_stat);
 		}
-		fputc('\n', config->output);
+		if (!first)
+			fputc('\n', config->output);
 	}
 }