1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c
index ebb40cb87474..f3d3df229a43 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ 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;