diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 30e6b374e095..f17dc601b0f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,8 @@ static void uniquify_event_name(struct perf_evsel *counter)
 	char *new_name;
 	char *config;
 
-	if (!counter->pmu_name || !strncmp(counter->name, counter->pmu_name,
+	if (counter->uniquified_name ||
+	    !counter->pmu_name || !strncmp(counter->name, counter->pmu_name,
 					   strlen(counter->pmu_name)))
 		return;
 
@@ -1302,6 +1303,8 @@ static void uniquify_event_name(struct perf_evsel *counter)
 			counter->name = new_name;
 		}
 	}
+
+	counter->uniquified_name = true;
 }
 
 static void collect_all_aliases(struct perf_evsel *counter,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index d3ee3af618ef..92ec009a292d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	unsigned int		sample_size;
 	int			id_pos;
 	int			is_pos;
+	bool			uniquified_name;
 	bool			snapshot;
 	bool 			supported;
 	bool 			needs_swap;