diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b0f84bb64acd..30950f041fe9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 242214f9c1eeaae40eca11e3b4d37bfce960a7cd
+refs/heads/master: 45daae575e08bbf7405c5a3633e956fa364d1b4f
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index ec46eea0c4ed..eb00677ee2ae 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -500,12 +500,17 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 	return true;
 
 bios_fail:
-	printk(KERN_CONT "Broken BIOS detected, using software events only.\n");
+	/*
+	 * We still allow the PMU driver to operate:
+	 */
+	printk(KERN_CONT "Broken BIOS detected, complain to your hardware vendor.\n");
 	printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG "the BIOS has corrupted hw-PMU resources (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val);
-	return false;
+
+	return true;
 
 msr_fail:
 	printk(KERN_CONT "Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
+
 	return false;
 }