diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index 00a2a7ca5c473477b26627c853d34ea439e6679d..29e9cd5fcd8897b9425c3a486657c03c4a73bf1e 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,8 @@ int format_counters(struct thread_data *t, struct core_data *c,
 	}
 
 done:
-	outp += sprintf(outp, "\n");
+	if (*(outp - 1) != '\n')
+		outp += sprintf(outp, "\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }