diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index 9053db0dc00a..3e94159ea96c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,8 @@ static void print_metric_headers(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 
 	/* Print metrics headers only */
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter) {
-		if (config->aggr_mode != AGGR_NONE && counter->metric_leader != counter)
+		if (!config->iostat_run &&
+		    config->aggr_mode != AGGR_NONE && counter->metric_leader != counter)
 			continue;
 
 		os.evsel = counter;