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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-stat.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index e77880b5094d..df2fbf046ee2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
attr->inherit = !no_inherit;
+ /*
+ * Some events get initialized with sample_(period/type) set,
+ * like tracepoints. Clear it up for counting.
+ */
+ attr->sample_period = 0;
+ attr->sample_type = 0;
+
if (target__has_cpu(&target))
return perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(evsel, perf_evsel__cpus(evsel));