1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index ea40e4e8b227..c941bb640f49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
         if (system_wide)
                 return perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(evsel, evsel_list->cpus,
                                                 group, group_fd);
-        if (!target_pid && !target_tid) {
+        if (!target_pid && !target_tid && (!group || evsel == first)) {
                 attr->disabled = 1;
                 attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
         }