diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index ae13c2d..b262b44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@
 	int64_t cmp = 0;
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_sort_list(fmt) {
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+			continue;
+
 		cmp = fmt->cmp(left, right);
 		if (cmp)
 			break;
@@ -451,6 +454,9 @@
 	int64_t cmp = 0;
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_sort_list(fmt) {
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+			continue;
+
 		cmp = fmt->collapse(left, right);
 		if (cmp)
 			break;
@@ -570,6 +576,9 @@
 	int64_t cmp = 0;
 
 	perf_hpp__for_each_sort_list(fmt) {
+		if (perf_hpp__should_skip(fmt))
+			continue;
+
 		cmp = fmt->sort(a, b);
 		if (cmp)
 			break;