1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index f7ad6bdbc667..627a02e03c57 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -984,8 +984,12 @@ size_t hists__fprintf_nr_events(struct hists *self, FILE *fp)
         size_t ret = 0;
 
         for (i = 0; i < PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX; ++i) {
-                const char *name = perf_event__name(i);
+                const char *name;
 
+                if (self->stats.nr_events[i] == 0)
+                        continue;
+
+                name = perf_event__name(i);
                 if (!strcmp(name, "UNKNOWN"))
                         continue;