diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index fdb71961143e641dce7c45175630f344f8edadd7..61200fcac5ef8cfddaa078f58f6194a2bbbe74d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static void print_stalled_cycles_backend(int cpu,
 
 	color = get_ratio_color(GRC_STALLED_CYCLES_BE, ratio);
 
-	out->print_metric(out->ctx, color, "%6.2f%%", "backend cycles idle", ratio);
+	out->print_metric(out->ctx, color, "%7.2f%%", "backend cycles idle", ratio);
 }
 
 static void print_branch_misses(int cpu,