diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 305eb79f4af4153728524ae1b898c98b5f35b1c3..4f5f4756faacdb6e5d1638d4b876655b2116823f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ static int hpp__color_baseline(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he)
 {
 	double percent = baseline_percent(he);
 
-	return percent_color_snprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, " %6.2f%%", percent);
+	if (he->pair)
+		return percent_color_snprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, " %6.2f%%", percent);
+	else
+		return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "        ");
 }
 
 static int hpp__entry_baseline(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he)
@@ -187,7 +190,10 @@ static int hpp__entry_baseline(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he)
 	double percent = baseline_percent(he);
 	const char *fmt = symbol_conf.field_sep ? "%.2f" : " %6.2f%%";
 
-	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, fmt, percent);
+	if (he->pair || symbol_conf.field_sep)
+		return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, fmt, percent);
+	else
+		return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "            ");
 }
 
 static int hpp__header_samples(struct perf_hpp *hpp)