diff --git a/tools/perf/util/events_stats.h b/tools/perf/util/events_stats.h
index 1b00060922654d73568422236e60425a00919699..040ab9d0a8037ded3ea8e56ce1dd8da38956e7ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/events_stats.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/events_stats.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The total_period is needed because by default auto-freq is used, so
  * multiplying nr_events[PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE] by a frequency isn't possible to get
- * the total number of low level events, it is necessary to to sum all struct
+ * the total number of low level events, it is necessary to sum all struct
  * perf_record_sample.period and stash the result in total_period.
  */
 struct events_stats {