diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 4ccd0c7c13ea..efae2998a472 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 		counter->reset_group = false;
 		if (bpf_counter__load(counter, &target))
 			return -1;
-		if (!evsel__is_bpf(counter))
+		if (!(evsel__is_bperf(counter)))
 			all_counters_use_bpf = false;
 	}
 
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 
 		if (counter->reset_group || counter->errored)
 			continue;
-		if (evsel__is_bpf(counter))
+		if (evsel__is_bperf(counter))
 			continue;
 try_again:
 		if (create_perf_stat_counter(counter, &stat_config, &target,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 9372ddd369ef..0492cafac443 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ static inline bool evsel__is_bpf(struct evsel *evsel)
 	return evsel->bpf_counter_ops != NULL;
 }
 
+static inline bool evsel__is_bperf(struct evsel *evsel)
+{
+	return evsel->bpf_counter_ops != NULL && list_empty(&evsel->bpf_counter_list);
+}
+
 #define EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES 8
 
 extern const char *evsel__hw_cache[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];