diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 700b478491015b6bcfff40f3f299316cc1d4f492..ce2266c5cd52b70179ace9f9df4da5f518e28d1d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -997,10 +997,10 @@ static void abs_printout(int cpu, int nr, struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
 	} else if (perf_evsel__match(evsel, HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES)) {
 		total = avg_stats(&runtime_nsecs_stats[cpu]);
 
-		if (total)
-			ratio = 1.0 * avg / total;
-
-		fprintf(output, " # %8.3f GHz                    ", ratio);
+		if (total) {
+			ratio = avg / total;
+			fprintf(output, " # %8.3f GHz                    ", ratio);
+		}
 	} else if (transaction_run &&
 		   perf_evsel__cmp(evsel, nth_evsel(T_CYCLES_IN_TX))) {
 		total = avg_stats(&runtime_cycles_stats[cpu]);