diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 072ae8ad67fc1d258354b621a3ae7b2833deba0c..2f91094e228b6010527c84b66e1172dd616819be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ static int report__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
-static void report__inc_stats(struct report *rep, struct hist_entry *he)
-{
-	/*
-	 * The @he is either of a newly created one or an existing one
-	 * merging current sample.  We only want to count a new one so
-	 * checking ->nr_events being 1.
-	 */
-	if (he->stat.nr_events == 1)
-		rep->nr_entries++;
-}
-
 static int hist_iter__report_callback(struct hist_entry_iter *iter,
 				      struct addr_location *al, bool single,
 				      void *arg)
@@ -108,8 +97,6 @@ static int hist_iter__report_callback(struct hist_entry_iter *iter,
 	struct mem_info *mi;
 	struct branch_info *bi;
 
-	report__inc_stats(rep, he);
-
 	if (!ui__has_annotation())
 		return 0;
 
@@ -499,6 +486,9 @@ static int __cmd_report(struct report *rep)
 
 	report__warn_kptr_restrict(rep);
 
+	evlist__for_each(session->evlist, pos)
+		rep->nr_entries += evsel__hists(pos)->nr_entries;
+
 	if (use_browser == 0) {
 		if (verbose > 3)
 			perf_session__fprintf(session, stdout);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 038483a24a54633c8d86f69639c18d2f24edb4ea..e17163fcb702cdf3f4eecbd8f207ea6297fe82d7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ static struct hist_entry *add_hist_entry(struct hists *hists,
 	if (!he)
 		return NULL;
 
+	hists->nr_entries++;
+
 	rb_link_node(&he->rb_node_in, parent, p);
 	rb_insert_color(&he->rb_node_in, hists->entries_in);
 out: