diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/event.h b/include/spdk_internal/event.h
index 5e9f8bf8c..d11cdb3a9 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/event.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/event.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct spdk_lw_thread {
 	bool				resched;
 	struct spdk_thread_stats	current_stats;
 	struct spdk_thread_stats	snapshot_stats;
+	struct spdk_thread_stats	last_stats;
 };
 
 struct spdk_reactor {
diff --git a/lib/event/reactor.c b/lib/event/reactor.c
index 4aa2cd7c4..43ebc9f07 100644
--- a/lib/event/reactor.c
+++ b/lib/event/reactor.c
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ _reactor_schedule_thread(struct spdk_thread *thread)
 {
 	uint32_t core;
 	struct spdk_lw_thread *lw_thread;
+	struct spdk_thread_stats last_stats;
 	struct spdk_event *evt = NULL;
 	struct spdk_cpuset *cpumask;
 	uint32_t i;
@@ -919,7 +920,9 @@ _reactor_schedule_thread(struct spdk_thread *thread)
 	lw_thread = spdk_thread_get_ctx(thread);
 	assert(lw_thread != NULL);
 	core = lw_thread->lcore;
+	last_stats = lw_thread->last_stats;
 	memset(lw_thread, 0, sizeof(*lw_thread));
+	lw_thread->last_stats = last_stats;
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&g_scheduler_mtx);
 	if (core == SPDK_ENV_LCORE_ID_ANY) {