diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
index 363979b1123d7..698343f0ecf9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/stat_output.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function ParanoidAndNotRoot()
 # $1 name $2 extra_opt
 check_no_args()
 {
-        echo -n "Checking $1 output: no args"
+        echo -n "Checking $1 output: no args "
         perf stat $2 true
         commachecker --no-args
         echo "[Success]"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+std_output.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+std_output.sh
index 98cc3356a04a7..1f70aab451841 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+std_output.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat+std_output.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ set -e
 
 stat_output=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.stat_output.std.XXXXX)
 
-event_name=(cpu-clock task-clock context-switches cpu-migrations page-faults cycles instructions branches branch-misses stalled-cycles-frontend stalled-cycles-backend)
-event_metric=("CPUs utilized" "CPUs utilized" "/sec" "/sec" "/sec" "GHz" "insn per cycle" "/sec" "of all branches" "frontend cycles idle" "backend cycles idle")
+event_name=(cpu-clock task-clock context-switches cpu-migrations page-faults stalled-cycles-frontend stalled-cycles-backend cycles instructions branches branch-misses)
+event_metric=("CPUs utilized" "CPUs utilized" "/sec" "/sec" "/sec" "frontend cycles idle" "backend cycles idle" "GHz" "insn per cycle" "/sec" "of all branches")
 
 metricgroup_name=(TopdownL1 TopdownL2)