diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index d27911d6df4a1d29d47b649260eac112b09aad30..1b52487c5847dab20cba403954c3303455392dec 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))