diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a190b7a495fe..002a3b9c0094 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 144060fee07e9c22e179d00819c83c86fbcbf82c
+refs/heads/master: 7e5b2a01d2ca2eae4ef913b59f84341f9a70e206
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/events/core.c b/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
index d4c85425e3a0..adc3ef37b7e8 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5716,6 +5716,7 @@ struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	pmu = idr_find(&pmu_idr, event->attr.type);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (pmu) {
+		event->pmu = pmu;
 		ret = pmu->event_init(event);
 		if (ret)
 			pmu = ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -5723,6 +5724,7 @@ struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(pmu, &pmus, entry) {
+		event->pmu = pmu;
 		ret = pmu->event_init(event);
 		if (!ret)
 			goto unlock;
@@ -5849,8 +5851,6 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
-	event->pmu = pmu;
-
 	if (!event->parent) {
 		if (event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)
 			jump_label_inc(&perf_sched_events);