diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 94e1ab0..d762875 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -864,6 +864,8 @@
 		switch (key) {
 		case NEWT_KEY_TAB:
 		case NEWT_KEY_UNTAB:
+			if (nr_events == 1)
+				continue;
 			/*
 			 * Exit the browser, let hists__browser_tree
 			 * go to the next or previous