diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 654f840f7a2f..d6f4c84f7d7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
 #define DEFAULT_SEPARATOR	" "
 #define FREEZE_ON_SMI_PATH	"bus/event_source/devices/cpu/freeze_on_smi"
 
+struct rusage_stats {
+	struct stats ru_utime_usec_stat;
+	struct stats ru_stime_usec_stat;
+};
+
 static void print_counters(struct timespec *ts, int argc, const char **argv);
 
 static struct evlist	*evsel_list;
@@ -133,6 +138,7 @@ static bool			interval_count;
 static const char		*output_name;
 static int			output_fd;
 static char			*metrics;
+static struct rusage_stats	ru_stats;
 
 struct perf_stat {
 	bool			 record;
@@ -730,6 +736,17 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct evsel *evsel,
 					      evsel->core.threads);
 }
 
+static void update_rusage_stats(const struct rusage *rusage)
+{
+	const u64 us_to_ns = 1000;
+	const u64 s_to_ns = 1000000000;
+
+	update_stats(&ru_stats.ru_utime_usec_stat,
+		(rusage->ru_utime.tv_usec * us_to_ns + rusage->ru_utime.tv_sec * s_to_ns));
+	update_stats(&ru_stats.ru_stime_usec_stat,
+		(rusage->ru_stime.tv_usec * us_to_ns + rusage->ru_stime.tv_sec * s_to_ns));
+}
+
 static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 {
 	int interval = stat_config.interval;
@@ -979,7 +996,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 		evlist__reset_aggr_stats(evsel_list);
 	} else {
 		update_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats, t1 - t0);
-		update_rusage_stats(&ru_stats, &stat_config.ru_data);
+		update_rusage_stats(&stat_config.ru_data);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 6f914620c6ff..cc0746f494f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct perf_stat_config stat_config = {
 	.run_count		= 1,
 	.metric_only_len	= METRIC_ONLY_LEN,
 	.walltime_nsecs_stats	= &walltime_nsecs_stats,
-	.ru_stats		= &ru_stats,
 	.big_num		= true,
 	.ctl_fd			= -1,
 	.ctl_fd_ack		= -1,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 8622ed64c617..337a8aa547c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@
 #include "tool_pmu.h"
 
 struct stats walltime_nsecs_stats;
-struct rusage_stats ru_stats;
 
 void perf_stat__reset_shadow_stats(void)
 {
 	memset(&walltime_nsecs_stats, 0, sizeof(walltime_nsecs_stats));
-	memset(&ru_stats, 0, sizeof(ru_stats));
 }
 
 static bool tool_pmu__is_time_event(const struct perf_stat_config *config,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index b42da4a29c44..055b95d18106 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ enum aggr_mode {
 	AGGR_MAX
 };
 
-struct rusage_stats {
-	struct stats ru_utime_usec_stat;
-	struct stats ru_stime_usec_stat;
-};
-
 typedef struct aggr_cpu_id (*aggr_get_id_t)(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct perf_cpu cpu);
 
 struct perf_stat_config {
@@ -102,7 +97,6 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
 	const char		*csv_sep;
 	struct stats		*walltime_nsecs_stats;
 	struct rusage		 ru_data;
-	struct rusage_stats		 *ru_stats;
 	struct cpu_aggr_map	*aggr_map;
 	aggr_get_id_t		 aggr_get_id;
 	struct cpu_aggr_map	*cpus_aggr_map;
@@ -132,25 +126,10 @@ static inline void init_stats(struct stats *stats)
 	stats->max  = 0;
 }
 
-static inline void init_rusage_stats(struct rusage_stats *ru_stats) {
-	init_stats(&ru_stats->ru_utime_usec_stat);
-	init_stats(&ru_stats->ru_stime_usec_stat);
-}
-
-static inline void update_rusage_stats(struct rusage_stats *ru_stats, struct rusage* rusage) {
-	const u64 us_to_ns = 1000;
-	const u64 s_to_ns = 1000000000;
-	update_stats(&ru_stats->ru_utime_usec_stat,
-	             (rusage->ru_utime.tv_usec * us_to_ns + rusage->ru_utime.tv_sec * s_to_ns));
-	update_stats(&ru_stats->ru_stime_usec_stat,
-	             (rusage->ru_stime.tv_usec * us_to_ns + rusage->ru_stime.tv_sec * s_to_ns));
-}
-
 struct evsel;
 struct evlist;
 
 extern struct stats walltime_nsecs_stats;
-extern struct rusage_stats ru_stats;
 
 enum metric_threshold_classify {
 	METRIC_THRESHOLD_UNKNOWN,