diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 66c9fc730a14..7c8b62821a9e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 				run_idx + 1);
 
 		status = run_perf_stat(argc, argv);
-		if (forever && status != -1) {
+		if (forever && status != -1 && !interval) {
 			print_stat(argc, argv);
 			perf_stat__reset_stats(evsel_list);
 		}