}
 
 static void print_counter_value_std(struct perf_stat_config *config,
-                                   struct evsel *evsel, double avg)
+                                   struct evsel *evsel, double avg, bool ok)
 {
        FILE *output = config->output;
        double sc =  evsel->scale;
        const char *fmt;
+       const char *bad_count = evsel->supported ? CNTR_NOT_COUNTED : CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
        if (config->big_num)
                fmt = floor(sc) != sc ? "%'18.2f " : "%'18.0f ";
        else
                fmt = floor(sc) != sc ? "%18.2f " : "%18.0f ";
 
-       fprintf(output, fmt, avg);
+       if (ok)
+               fprintf(output, fmt, avg);
+       else
+               fprintf(output, "%18s ", bad_count);
 
        if (evsel->unit)
                fprintf(output, "%-*s ", config->unit_width, evsel->unit);
 }
 
 static void print_counter_value_csv(struct perf_stat_config *config,
-                                   struct evsel *evsel, double avg)
+                                   struct evsel *evsel, double avg, bool ok)
 {
        FILE *output = config->output;
        double sc =  evsel->scale;
        const char *sep = config->csv_sep;
        const char *fmt = floor(sc) != sc ? "%.2f%s" : "%.0f%s";
+       const char *bad_count = evsel->supported ? CNTR_NOT_COUNTED : CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
-       fprintf(output, fmt, avg, sep);
+       if (ok)
+               fprintf(output, fmt, avg, sep);
+       else
+               fprintf(output, "%s%s", bad_count, sep);
 
        if (evsel->unit)
                fprintf(output, "%s%s", evsel->unit, sep);
 }
 
 static void print_counter_value_json(struct perf_stat_config *config,
-                                    struct evsel *evsel, double avg)
+                                    struct evsel *evsel, double avg, bool ok)
 {
        FILE *output = config->output;
+       const char *bad_count = evsel->supported ? CNTR_NOT_COUNTED : CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
-       fprintf(output, "\"counter-value\" : \"%f\", ", avg);
+       if (ok)
+               fprintf(output, "\"counter-value\" : \"%f\", ", avg);
+       else
+               fprintf(output, "\"counter-value\" : \"%s\", ", bad_count);
 
        if (evsel->unit)
                fprintf(output, "\"unit\" : \"%s\", ", evsel->unit);
 }
 
 static void print_counter_value(struct perf_stat_config *config,
-                               struct evsel *evsel, double avg)
+                               struct evsel *evsel, double avg, bool ok)
 {
        if (config->json_output)
-               print_counter_value_json(config, evsel, avg);
+               print_counter_value_json(config, evsel, avg, ok);
        else if (config->csv_output)
-               print_counter_value_csv(config, evsel, avg);
+               print_counter_value_csv(config, evsel, avg, ok);
        else
-               print_counter_value_std(config, evsel, avg);
+               print_counter_value_std(config, evsel, avg, ok);
 }
 
 static void abs_printout(struct perf_stat_config *config,
-                        struct aggr_cpu_id id, int nr, struct evsel *evsel, double avg)
+                        struct aggr_cpu_id id, int nr,
+                        struct evsel *evsel, double avg, bool ok)
 {
        aggr_printout(config, evsel, id, nr);
-       print_counter_value(config, evsel, avg);
+       print_counter_value(config, evsel, avg, ok);
        print_cgroup(config, evsel);
 }
 
                        pm(config, &os, NULL, "", "", 0);
                        return;
                }
-               aggr_printout(config, counter, id, nr);
 
-               if (config->json_output) {
-                       fprintf(config->output, "\"counter-value\" : \"%s\", ",
-                                       counter->supported ? CNTR_NOT_COUNTED : CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED);
-               } else {
-                       fprintf(config->output, "%*s%s",
-                               config->csv_output ? 0 : 18,
-                               counter->supported ? CNTR_NOT_COUNTED : CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
-                               config->csv_sep);
-               }
+               abs_printout(config, id, nr, counter, uval, /*ok=*/false);
 
                if (counter->supported) {
                        if (!evlist__has_hybrid(counter->evlist)) {
                        }
                }
 
-               if (config->json_output) {
-                       fprintf(config->output, "\"unit\" : \"%s\", ", counter->unit);
-               } else {
-                       fprintf(config->output, "%-*s%s",
-                               config->csv_output ? 0 : config->unit_width,
-                               counter->unit, config->csv_sep);
-               }
-
-               if (config->json_output) {
-                       fprintf(config->output, "\"event\" : \"%s\", ",
-                               evsel__name(counter));
-               } else {
-                       fprintf(config->output, "%*s",
-                                config->csv_output ? 0 : -25, evsel__name(counter));
-               }
-
-               print_cgroup(config, counter);
-
                if (!config->csv_output && !config->json_output)
                        pm(config, &os, NULL, NULL, "", 0);
                print_noise(config, counter, noise);
        }
 
        if (!config->metric_only)
-               abs_printout(config, id, nr, counter, uval);
+               abs_printout(config, id, nr, counter, uval, /*ok=*/true);
 
        out.print_metric = pm;
        out.new_line = nl;