1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index b39456ad74a1..4c4e9eb37ab0 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ static void perf_swcounter_ctx_event(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
 {
         struct perf_counter *counter;
 
-        if (list_empty(&ctx->event_list))
+        if (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING || list_empty(&ctx->event_list))
                 return;
 
         rcu_read_lock();