1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index 24e2347be6b1..e508066d3d64 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -343,8 +343,14 @@ validate_group(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         struct perf_event *sibling, *leader = event->group_leader;
         struct pmu_hw_events fake_pmu;
+        DECLARE_BITMAP(fake_used_mask, ARMPMU_MAX_HWEVENTS);
 
-        memset(&fake_pmu, 0, sizeof(fake_pmu));
+        /*
+         * Initialise the fake PMU. We only need to populate the
+         * used_mask for the purposes of validation.
+         */
+        memset(fake_used_mask, 0, sizeof(fake_used_mask));
+        fake_pmu.used_mask = fake_used_mask;
 
         if (!validate_event(&fake_pmu, leader))
                 return -ENOSPC;