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diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 98c5549c8e29..af1e63f249f3 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -4240,6 +4240,13 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
int ret = 0;
+ /*
+ * Non-sampling counters might still use the PMI to fold short
+ * hardware counters, ignore those.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(!is_sampling_event(event)))
+ return 0;
+
if (!throttle) {
hwc->interrupts++;
} else {