diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 5b60ec669e73..68861e81f06c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static void print_metric_csv(void *ctx,
 	char buf[64], *vals, *ends;
 
 	if (unit == NULL || fmt == NULL) {
-		fprintf(out, "%s%s%s%s", csv_sep, csv_sep, csv_sep, csv_sep);
+		fprintf(out, "%s%s", csv_sep, csv_sep);
 		return;
 	}
 	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, val);