1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
index f7a0993c1e7..ff751a9f182 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
@@ -770,9 +770,14 @@ static inline int p4_pmu_clear_cccr_ovf(struct hw_perf_event *hwc)
                 return 1;
         }
 
-        /* it might be unflagged overflow */
-        rdmsrl(hwc->event_base + hwc->idx, v);
-        if (!(v & ARCH_P4_CNTRVAL_MASK))
+        /*
+         * In some circumstances the overflow might issue an NMI but did
+         * not set P4_CCCR_OVF bit. Because a counter holds a negative value
+         * we simply check for high bit being set, if it's cleared it means
+         * the counter has reached zero value and continued counting before
+         * real NMI signal was received:
+         */
+        if (!(v & ARCH_P4_UNFLAGGED_BIT))
                 return 1;
 
         return 0;