diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 866da7a..85e992d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ static bool collect_data(struct perf_evsel *counter,
 	if (counter->merged_stat)
 		return false;
 	cb(counter, data, true);
-	if (!no_merge)
+	if (!no_merge && counter->auto_merge_stats)
 		collect_all_aliases(counter, cb, data);
 	return true;
 }