1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
index d660cb8dab36..bd7426ffedd0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static int op_create_counter(int cpu, int event)
         if (IS_ERR(pevent)) {
                 ret = PTR_ERR(pevent);
         } else if (pevent->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE) {
+                perf_event_release_kernel(pevent);
                 pr_warning("oprofile: failed to enable event %d "
                                 "on CPU %d\n", event, cpu);
                 ret = -EBUSY;