diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1355dc518c15..e93a0f057b7b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 78574cf981cd3d9ae9f6adbd466a772310ec24ff
+refs/heads/master: ef824fa129b7579f56b92d466ecda2e378879806
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/events/core.c b/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
index b0cd86501c30..310ec19d968a 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -251,7 +251,22 @@ perf_cgroup_match(struct perf_event *event)
 	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 	struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = __get_cpu_context(ctx);
 
-	return !event->cgrp || event->cgrp == cpuctx->cgrp;
+	/* @event doesn't care about cgroup */
+	if (!event->cgrp)
+		return true;
+
+	/* wants specific cgroup scope but @cpuctx isn't associated with any */
+	if (!cpuctx->cgrp)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Cgroup scoping is recursive.  An event enabled for a cgroup is
+	 * also enabled for all its descendant cgroups.  If @cpuctx's
+	 * cgroup is a descendant of @event's (the test covers identity
+	 * case), it's a match.
+	 */
+	return cgroup_is_descendant(cpuctx->cgrp->css.cgroup,
+				    event->cgrp->css.cgroup);
 }
 
 static inline bool perf_tryget_cgroup(struct perf_event *event)
@@ -7509,12 +7524,5 @@ struct cgroup_subsys perf_subsys = {
 	.css_free	= perf_cgroup_css_free,
 	.exit		= perf_cgroup_exit,
 	.attach		= perf_cgroup_attach,
-
-	/*
-	 * perf_event cgroup doesn't handle nesting correctly.
-	 * ctx->nr_cgroups adjustments should be propagated through the
-	 * cgroup hierarchy.  Fix it and remove the following.
-	 */
-	.broken_hierarchy = true,
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF */