1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index c323cce97d98..ac10cc675d39 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -803,7 +803,9 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 
                         if (expr__parse(&ratio, &pctx, &p) == 0)
                                 print_metric(ctxp, NULL, "%8.1f",
-                                        out->force_header ? evsel->name : "",
+                                        evsel->metric_name ?
+                                        evsel->metric_name :
+                                        out->force_header ?  evsel->name : "",
                                         ratio);
                         else
                                 print_metric(ctxp, NULL, NULL, "", 0);