diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 99990f5f2512acbe59b0a51ab450fb92c0c6b446..d27911d6df4a1d29d47b649260eac112b09aad30 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ void perf_stat__update_shadow_stats(struct perf_evsel *counter, u64 count,
 
 	count *= counter->scale;
 
-	if (perf_evsel__match(counter, SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK) ||
-	    perf_evsel__match(counter, SOFTWARE, SW_CPU_CLOCK))
+	if (perf_evsel__is_clock(counter))
 		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_NSECS, 0, cpu, count);
 	else if (perf_evsel__match(counter, HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES))
 		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_CYCLES, ctx, cpu, count);