diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index f0a8cec55c47af8437bd6b6d61957bbd2ef1ee5d..3c22c58b3e9082f26d1818f1a0ad9c7fe50ce7ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -209,11 +209,12 @@ void perf_stat__update_shadow_stats(struct perf_evsel *counter, u64 count,
 				    int cpu, struct runtime_stat *st)
 {
 	int ctx = evsel_context(counter);
+	u64 count_ns = count;
 
 	count *= counter->scale;
 
 	if (perf_evsel__is_clock(counter))
-		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_NSECS, 0, cpu, count);
+		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_NSECS, 0, cpu, count_ns);
 	else if (perf_evsel__match(counter, HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES))
 		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_CYCLES, ctx, cpu, count);
 	else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(counter, CYCLES_IN_TX))