diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 12fce7d8e78a..63484fddc6b3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2b9ff0db19b5e2c77000b7201525f9c3d6e8328d
+refs/heads/master: 088e2852c858159d47f71ee8da38e0fb1b21f806
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c b/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 59c52f9ee431..539fa8283a06 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_cpu_context, perf_cpu_context);
 
-int perf_max_counters __read_mostly;
+int perf_max_counters __read_mostly = 1;
 static int perf_reserved_percpu __read_mostly;
 static int perf_overcommit __read_mostly = 1;