diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 22547a490e1f..05be023c3f0e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ static void print_interval(char *prefix, struct timespec *ts)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ((num_print_interval == 0 && metric_only) || interval_clear)
+	if ((num_print_interval == 0 || interval_clear) && metric_only)
 		print_metric_headers(" ", true);
 	if (++num_print_interval == 25)
 		num_print_interval = 0;