diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 970a7f2a083db68bfc552a7389302fea63de5f35..acbf7ccd9d0770a1670fd3dac734a7cf3b50a0ae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static pid_t			*all_tids			=  NULL;
 static int			thread_num			=  0;
 static pid_t			child_pid			= -1;
 static bool			null_run			=  false;
-static bool			big_num				=  false;
+static bool			big_num				=  true;
 static const char		*cpu_list;