diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 07b48f6df48eb2..a3af805a1d572d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ static int perf_stat_init_aggr_mode(void)
 	 * taking the highest cpu number to be the size of
 	 * the aggregation translate cpumap.
 	 */
-	if (evsel_list->core.user_requested_cpus)
+	if (!perf_cpu_map__empty(evsel_list->core.user_requested_cpus))
 		nr = perf_cpu_map__max(evsel_list->core.user_requested_cpus).cpu;
 	else
 		nr = 0;