argc = parse_options_subcommand(argc, argv, stat_options, stat_subcommands,
                                        (const char **) stat_usage,
                                        PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+       perf_stat__init_shadow_stats();
 
        if (csv_sep) {
                csv_output = true;
 
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "stat.h"
 #include "color.h"
+#include "pmu.h"
 
 enum {
        CTX_BIT_USER    = 1 << 0,
 static struct stats runtime_cycles_in_tx_stats[NUM_CTX][MAX_NR_CPUS];
 static struct stats runtime_transaction_stats[NUM_CTX][MAX_NR_CPUS];
 static struct stats runtime_elision_stats[NUM_CTX][MAX_NR_CPUS];
+static bool have_frontend_stalled;
 
 struct stats walltime_nsecs_stats;
 
+void perf_stat__init_shadow_stats(void)
+{
+       have_frontend_stalled = pmu_have_event("cpu", "stalled-cycles-frontend");
+}
+
 static int evsel_context(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
        int ctx = 0;
                        print_metric(ctxp, NULL, "%7.2f ",
                                        "stalled cycles per insn",
                                        ratio);
-               } else {
+               } else if (have_frontend_stalled) {
                        print_metric(ctxp, NULL, NULL,
                                     "stalled cycles per insn", 0);
                }
 
                               const char *fmt, double val);
 typedef void (*new_line_t )(void *ctx);
 
+void perf_stat__init_shadow_stats(void);
 void perf_stat__reset_shadow_stats(void);
 void perf_stat__update_shadow_stats(struct perf_evsel *counter, u64 *count,
                                    int cpu);