diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
index 884a74b8ca87436a322a6e64df58e9ab43693109..6347ad5d0d3541b250ba6c8d3af5366dc8a61adf 100755
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ class Tui(object):
                 if char == 'x':
                     self.update_drilldown()
                     # prevents display of current values on next refresh
-                    self.stats.get()
+                    self.stats.get(self._display_guests)
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 break
             except curses.error: