1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 076eda53cfba..0ffbd97fb74f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1198,9 +1198,11 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (csv_sep)
+        if (csv_sep) {
                 csv_output = true;
-        else
+                if (!strcmp(csv_sep, "\\t"))
+                        csv_sep = "\t";
+        } else
                 csv_sep = DEFAULT_SEPARATOR;
 
         /*