1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 0a5281fe41d6..6e639b506829 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -472,11 +472,15 @@ int hist_entry__period_snprintf(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he,
                 return 0;
 
         perf_hpp__for_each_format(fmt) {
+                /*
+                 * If there's no field_sep, we still need
+                 * to display initial '  '.
+                 */
                 if (!sep || !first) {
                         ret = scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%s", sep ?: "  ");
                         advance_hpp(hpp, ret);
+                } else
                         first = false;
-                }
 
                 if (color && fmt->color)
                         ret = fmt->color(hpp, he);