diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
index b0bf56c5f120..5a5bd74f55bd 100755
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ class DebugfsProvider(Provider):
         The fields are all available KVM debugfs files
 
         """
-        exempt_list = ['halt_poll_fail_ns', 'halt_poll_success_ns']
+        exempt_list = ['halt_poll_fail_ns', 'halt_poll_success_ns', 'halt_wait_ns']
         fields = [field for field in self.walkdir(PATH_DEBUGFS_KVM)[2]
                   if field not in exempt_list]