1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index a6bc431cde70..4238bcba9d60 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ __hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
          */
         hwc->config_base            |= (unsigned long)mapping;
 
-        if (!hwc->sample_period) {
+        if (!is_sampling_event(event)) {
                 /*
                  * For non-sampling runs, limit the sample_period to half
                  * of the counter width. That way, the new counter value