diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index 992e327bce85..ce993d29cca5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include "color.h"
@@ -215,9 +216,7 @@ static void print_metric_csv(struct perf_stat_config *config __maybe_unused,
 	while (isdigit(*ends) || *ends == '.')
 		ends++;
 	*ends = 0;
-	while (isspace(*unit))
-		unit++;
-	fprintf(out, "%s%s%s%s", config->csv_sep, vals, config->csv_sep, unit);
+	fprintf(out, "%s%s%s%s", config->csv_sep, vals, config->csv_sep, skip_spaces(unit));
 }
 
 /* Filter out some columns that don't work well in metrics only mode */