diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index e05fe72c1d87..7b8e901bce10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -662,9 +662,7 @@ static void process_evlist(struct evlist *evlist, unsigned int interval)
 	if (evlist__ctlfd_process(evlist, &cmd) > 0) {
 		switch (cmd) {
 		case EVLIST_CTL_CMD_ENABLE:
-			if (interval)
-				process_interval();
-			break;
+			__fallthrough;
 		case EVLIST_CTL_CMD_DISABLE:
 			if (interval)
 				process_interval();