diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 35ea4813f468d7..806b32156459a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ void perf_stat__update_shadow_stats(struct evsel *counter, u64 count,
 		update_stats(&v->stats, count);
 		if (counter->metric_leader)
 			v->metric_total += count;
-	} else if (counter->metric_leader) {
+	} else if (counter->metric_leader && !counter->merged_stat) {
 		v = saved_value_lookup(counter->metric_leader,
 				       map_idx, true, STAT_NONE, 0, st, rsd.cgrp);
 		v->metric_total += count;