diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index bbb0e042d8e5802a8de01f50e1c2eebbcf02bfe2..c0927b5c2ac5dcac5d60d493d93e344731e2fa8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -209,12 +209,13 @@ 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__match(counter, SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK) ||
 	    perf_evsel__match(counter, SOFTWARE, SW_CPU_CLOCK))
-		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))