diff --git a/src/profiler/aggregate_stats.cc b/src/profiler/aggregate_stats.cc
index ff3894650545..98ac5e96b761 100644
--- a/src/profiler/aggregate_stats.cc
+++ b/src/profiler/aggregate_stats.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ inline std::priority_queue<pi>
 
 void AggregateStats::OnProfileStat(const ProfileStat& stat) {
   std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(m_);
-  stat.SaveAggregate(&stats_[stat.categories_.c_str()][stat.name_.c_str()]);
+  if (stat.enable_aggregate_) {
+    stat.SaveAggregate(&stats_[stat.categories_.c_str()][stat.name_.c_str()]);
+  }
 }
 
 void AggregateStats::DumpTable(std::ostream& os, int sort_by, int ascending) {
diff --git a/src/profiler/profiler.h b/src/profiler/profiler.h
index f9eb0af9acc1..a6d9ecf06fee 100644
--- a/src/profiler/profiler.h
+++ b/src/profiler/profiler.h
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ struct ProfileStat {
   /*! \brief operation categories (comma-delimited) */
   profile_stat_string categories_;
 
+  /*! \brief whether to add this stat to AggregateStats */
+  bool enable_aggregate_ = true;
+
   /* !\brief Process id */
   size_t process_id_ = current_process_id();
 
@@ -807,6 +810,13 @@ struct ProfileTask : public ProfileDuration {
 
   ProfileObjectType type() const override { return kTask; }
 
+  /*!
+   * \brief Whether to add stat to AggregateStats
+   */
+  void enableAggregateStats(bool enabled = true) {
+    enable_aggregate_ = enabled;
+  }
+
  protected:
   /*!
    * \brief Task statistic object
@@ -831,6 +841,7 @@ struct ProfileTask : public ProfileDuration {
   inline void SendStat() {
     Profiler::Get()->AddNewProfileStat<ProfileTaskStat>([this](ProfileTaskStat *stat) {
       stat->categories_.set(domain_->name());
+      stat->enable_aggregate_ = enable_aggregate_;
     }, name_.c_str(), start_time_, ProfileStat::NowInMicrosec());
   }
   /*! \brief Task name */
@@ -843,6 +854,8 @@ struct ProfileTask : public ProfileDuration {
   VTUNE_ONLY_CODE(std::unique_ptr<vtune::VTuneTask> vtune_task_);
   /*! \brief NVTX duration object */
   NVTX_ONLY_CODE(std::unique_ptr<nvtx::NVTXDuration> nvtx_duration_);
+  /*! \brief whether to add this stat to AggregateStats */
+  bool enable_aggregate_ = true;
 
  protected:
   /*! \brief Task's start tick */
@@ -1150,6 +1163,8 @@ struct ProfileOperator : public ProfileEvent {
       , as_task_(name, &domain_)
       , name_(name)
       , attributes_(attributes) {
+    // make as_task_ not to add stat to AggregateStats; otherwise we will add twice
+    as_task_.enableAggregateStats(false);
     SetCategories(domain_.name());
   }
   /*!
diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_profiler.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_profiler.py
index 09e571be0088..b76bfbc82d12 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_profiler.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_profiler.py
@@ -269,6 +269,28 @@ def check_sorting(debug_str, sort_by, ascending):
             check_sorting(debug_str, sb, asc)
     profiler.set_state('stop')
 
+def test_aggregate_duplication():
+    file_name = 'test_aggregate_duplication.json'
+    enable_profiler(profile_filename = file_name, run=True, continuous_dump=True, \
+                    aggregate_stats=True)
+    inp = mx.nd.zeros(shape=(100, 100))
+    y = mx.nd.sqrt(inp)
+    inp = inp + 1
+    inp = inp + 1
+    mx.nd.waitall()
+    profiler.dump(False)
+    debug_str = profiler.dumps(format = 'json')
+    target_dict = json.loads(debug_str)
+    assert 'Time' in target_dict and 'operator' in target_dict['Time'] \
+        and 'sqrt' in target_dict['Time']['operator'] \
+        and 'Count' in target_dict['Time']['operator']['sqrt'] \
+        and '_plus_scalar' in target_dict['Time']['operator'] \
+        and 'Count' in target_dict['Time']['operator']['_plus_scalar']
+    # they are called once and twice respectively
+    assert target_dict['Time']['operator']['sqrt']['Count'] == 1
+    assert target_dict['Time']['operator']['_plus_scalar']['Count'] == 2
+    profiler.set_state('stop')
+    
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import nose
     nose.runmodule()