1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 33ff019f9aa6..7f29643c8985 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -3959,8 +3959,9 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart perf_swevent_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
                 regs = task_pt_regs(current);
 
         if (regs) {
-                if (perf_event_overflow(event, 0, &data, regs))
-                        ret = HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+                if (!(event->attr.exclude_idle && current->pid == 0))
+                        if (perf_event_overflow(event, 0, &data, regs))
+                                ret = HRTIMER_NORESTART;
         }
 
         period = max_t(u64, 10000, event->hw.sample_period);