diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 866da7aa54bf..85e992d9215b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ static bool collect_data(struct perf_evsel *counter,
 	if (counter->merged_stat)
 		return false;
 	cb(counter, data, true);
-	if (!no_merge)
+	if (!no_merge && counter->auto_merge_stats)
 		collect_all_aliases(counter, cb, data);
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 351d3b2d8887..dd2c4b5112a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	bool			cmdline_group_boundary;
 	struct list_head	config_terms;
 	int			bpf_fd;
+	bool			auto_merge_stats;
 	bool			merged_stat;
 	const char *		metric_expr;
 	const char *		metric_name;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index f44aeba51d1f..f6257fb4f08c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static struct perf_evsel *
 __add_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	    struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 	    char *name, struct cpu_map *cpus,
-	    struct list_head *config_terms)
+	    struct list_head *config_terms, bool auto_merge_stats)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ __add_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	evsel->cpus        = cpu_map__get(cpus);
 	evsel->own_cpus    = cpu_map__get(cpus);
 	evsel->system_wide = !!cpus;
+	evsel->auto_merge_stats = auto_merge_stats;
 
 	if (name)
 		evsel->name = strdup(name);
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ static int add_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 		     struct perf_event_attr *attr, char *name,
 		     struct list_head *config_terms)
 {
-	return __add_event(list, idx, attr, name, NULL, config_terms) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+	return __add_event(list, idx, attr, name, NULL, config_terms, false) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int parse_aliases(char *str, const char *names[][PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES], int size)
@@ -1209,9 +1210,9 @@ int parse_events_add_numeric(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 			 get_config_name(head_config), &config_terms);
 }
 
-int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
+static int __parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 			 struct list_head *list, char *name,
-			 struct list_head *head_config)
+			 struct list_head *head_config, bool auto_merge_stats)
 {
 	struct perf_event_attr attr;
 	struct perf_pmu_info info;
@@ -1232,7 +1233,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 
 	if (!head_config) {
 		attr.type = pmu->type;
-		evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr, NULL, pmu->cpus, NULL);
+		evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr, NULL, pmu->cpus, NULL, auto_merge_stats);
 		return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -1254,7 +1255,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 
 	evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr,
 			    get_config_name(head_config), pmu->cpus,
-			    &config_terms);
+			    &config_terms, auto_merge_stats);
 	if (evsel) {
 		evsel->unit = info.unit;
 		evsel->scale = info.scale;
@@ -1267,6 +1268,13 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 	return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
+			 struct list_head *list, char *name,
+			 struct list_head *head_config)
+{
+	return __parse_events_add_pmu(parse_state, list, name, head_config, false);
+}
+
 int parse_events_multi_pmu_add(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 			       char *str, struct list_head **listp)
 {
@@ -1296,8 +1304,8 @@ int parse_events_multi_pmu_add(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 					return -1;
 				list_add_tail(&term->list, head);
 
-				if (!parse_events_add_pmu(parse_state, list,
-						  pmu->name, head)) {
+				if (!__parse_events_add_pmu(parse_state, list,
+							    pmu->name, head, true)) {
 					pr_debug("%s -> %s/%s/\n", str,
 						 pmu->name, alias->str);
 					ok++;