diff --git a/tools/perf/util/counts.c b/tools/perf/util/counts.c
index 615c9f3e95cb..582f3aeaf5e4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/counts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/counts.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "counts.h"
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
@@ -42,10 +43,11 @@ void perf_counts__delete(struct perf_counts *counts)
 	}
 }
 
-static void perf_counts__reset(struct perf_counts *counts)
+void perf_counts__reset(struct perf_counts *counts)
 {
 	xyarray__reset(counts->loaded);
 	xyarray__reset(counts->values);
+	memset(&counts->aggr, 0, sizeof(struct perf_counts_values));
 }
 
 void evsel__reset_counts(struct evsel *evsel)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/counts.h b/tools/perf/util/counts.h
index 8f556c6d98fa..7ff36bf6d644 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/counts.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/counts.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ perf_counts__set_loaded(struct perf_counts *counts, int cpu, int thread, bool lo
 
 struct perf_counts *perf_counts__new(int ncpus, int nthreads);
 void perf_counts__delete(struct perf_counts *counts);
+void perf_counts__reset(struct perf_counts *counts);
 
 void evsel__reset_counts(struct evsel *evsel);
 int evsel__alloc_counts(struct evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index f4a44df9b221..e397815f0dfb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -163,11 +163,8 @@ static void evsel__free_prev_raw_counts(struct evsel *evsel)
 
 static void evsel__reset_prev_raw_counts(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
-	if (evsel->prev_raw_counts) {
-		evsel->prev_raw_counts->aggr.val = 0;
-		evsel->prev_raw_counts->aggr.ena = 0;
-		evsel->prev_raw_counts->aggr.run = 0;
-       }
+	if (evsel->prev_raw_counts)
+		perf_counts__reset(evsel->prev_raw_counts);
 }
 
 static int evsel__alloc_stats(struct evsel *evsel, bool alloc_raw)