diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 9e1eddeff21b..b5cedd37588f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -865,11 +865,16 @@ static int prepare_metric(struct evsel **metric_events,
 			if (!v)
 				break;
 			stats = &v->stats;
-			scale = 1.0;
+			/*
+			 * If an event was scaled during stat gathering, reverse
+			 * the scale before computing the metric.
+			 */
+			scale = 1.0 / metric_events[i]->scale;
+
 			source_count = evsel__source_count(metric_events[i]);
 
 			if (v->metric_other)
-				metric_total = v->metric_total;
+				metric_total = v->metric_total * scale;
 		}
 		n = strdup(evsel__metric_id(metric_events[i]));
 		if (!n)