diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index cf8516e701e2..a098c2ebf4ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -266,15 +266,10 @@ static int read_single_counter(struct evsel *counter, int cpu,
  * Read out the results of a single counter:
  * do not aggregate counts across CPUs in system-wide mode
  */
-static int read_counter(struct evsel *counter, struct timespec *rs)
+static int read_counter_cpu(struct evsel *counter, struct timespec *rs, int cpu)
 {
 	int nthreads = perf_thread_map__nr(evsel_list->core.threads);
-	int ncpus, cpu, thread;
-
-	if (target__has_cpu(&target) && !target__has_per_thread(&target))
-		ncpus = perf_evsel__nr_cpus(counter);
-	else
-		ncpus = 1;
+	int thread;
 
 	if (!counter->supported)
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -283,39 +278,37 @@ static int read_counter(struct evsel *counter, struct timespec *rs)
 		nthreads = 1;
 
 	for (thread = 0; thread < nthreads; thread++) {
-		for (cpu = 0; cpu < ncpus; cpu++) {
-			struct perf_counts_values *count;
+		struct perf_counts_values *count;
 
-			count = perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread);
+		count = perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread);
 
-			/*
-			 * The leader's group read loads data into its group members
-			 * (via perf_evsel__read_counter) and sets threir count->loaded.
-			 */
-			if (!perf_counts__is_loaded(counter->counts, cpu, thread) &&
-			    read_single_counter(counter, cpu, thread, rs)) {
-				counter->counts->scaled = -1;
-				perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread)->ena = 0;
-				perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread)->run = 0;
+		/*
+		 * The leader's group read loads data into its group members
+		 * (via perf_evsel__read_counter()) and sets their count->loaded.
+		 */
+		if (!perf_counts__is_loaded(counter->counts, cpu, thread) &&
+		    read_single_counter(counter, cpu, thread, rs)) {
+			counter->counts->scaled = -1;
+			perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread)->ena = 0;
+			perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread)->run = 0;
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		perf_counts__set_loaded(counter->counts, cpu, thread, false);
+
+		if (STAT_RECORD) {
+			if (perf_evsel__write_stat_event(counter, cpu, thread, count)) {
+				pr_err("failed to write stat event\n");
 				return -1;
 			}
+		}
 
-			perf_counts__set_loaded(counter->counts, cpu, thread, false);
-
-			if (STAT_RECORD) {
-				if (perf_evsel__write_stat_event(counter, cpu, thread, count)) {
-					pr_err("failed to write stat event\n");
-					return -1;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (verbose > 1) {
-				fprintf(stat_config.output,
-					"%s: %d: %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 "\n",
-						perf_evsel__name(counter),
-						cpu,
-						count->val, count->ena, count->run);
-			}
+		if (verbose > 1) {
+			fprintf(stat_config.output,
+				"%s: %d: %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 "\n",
+					perf_evsel__name(counter),
+					cpu,
+					count->val, count->ena, count->run);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -325,15 +318,37 @@ static int read_counter(struct evsel *counter, struct timespec *rs)
 static void read_counters(struct timespec *rs)
 {
 	struct evsel *counter;
-	int ret;
+	struct affinity affinity;
+	int i, ncpus, cpu;
+
+	if (affinity__setup(&affinity) < 0)
+		return;
+
+	ncpus = perf_cpu_map__nr(evsel_list->core.all_cpus);
+	if (!target__has_cpu(&target) || target__has_per_thread(&target))
+		ncpus = 1;
+	evlist__for_each_cpu(evsel_list, i, cpu) {
+		if (i >= ncpus)
+			break;
+		affinity__set(&affinity, cpu);
+
+		evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
+			if (evsel__cpu_iter_skip(counter, cpu))
+				continue;
+			if (!counter->err) {
+				counter->err = read_counter_cpu(counter, rs,
+								counter->cpu_iter - 1);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	affinity__cleanup(&affinity);
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
-		ret = read_counter(counter, rs);
-		if (ret)
+		if (counter->err)
 			pr_debug("failed to read counter %s\n", counter->name);
-
-		if (ret == 0 && perf_stat_process_counter(&stat_config, counter))
+		if (counter->err == 0 && perf_stat_process_counter(&stat_config, counter))
 			pr_warning("failed to process counter %s\n", counter->name);
+		counter->err = 0;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index ca82a93960cd..c8af4bc23f8f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct evsel {
 	struct list_head	config_terms;
 	struct bpf_object	*bpf_obj;
 	int			bpf_fd;
+	int			err;
 	bool			auto_merge_stats;
 	bool			merged_stat;
 	const char *		metric_expr;