diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 813c52ad9303a9b7eb40eda390e0b6c105370134..8ca40deaa72824da5d5ac9f224ca12af0c36d878 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -253,12 +253,9 @@ static void process_interval(void)
 
 static void handle_initial_delay(void)
 {
-	struct perf_evsel *counter;
-
 	if (initial_delay) {
 		usleep(initial_delay * 1000);
-		evlist__for_each(evsel_list, counter)
-			perf_evsel__enable(counter);
+		perf_evlist__enable(evsel_list);
 	}
 }