diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index 77e76b11382fe..cb031472bedeb 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ int format_counters(struct thread_data *t, struct core_data *c,
 void flush_stdout()
 {
 	fputs(output_buffer, stdout);
+	fflush(stdout);
 	outp = output_buffer;
 }
 void flush_stderr()