diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index ef9a3df45965..9053db0dc00a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -1162,6 +1162,9 @@ static void print_metric_headers(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 
 	/* Print metrics headers only */
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter) {
+		if (config->aggr_mode != AGGR_NONE && counter->metric_leader != counter)
+			continue;
+
 		os.evsel = counter;
 
 		if (!first && config->json_output)