diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6013432db4e7..a97ab8e50deb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d94b943054721c346b0881865d645f000cd19880
+refs/heads/master: e4cbb4e3ac8b09fdb11e39e5a5611bfab0a7cd1a
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/fork.c b/trunk/kernel/fork.c
index e72a09f5355b..675e01e9072a 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/fork.c
@@ -984,7 +984,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		goto fork_out;
 
 	rt_mutex_init_task(p);
-	perf_counter_init_task(p);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
 	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!p->hardirqs_enabled);
@@ -1096,6 +1095,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 
 	/* Perform scheduler related setup. Assign this task to a CPU. */
 	sched_fork(p, clone_flags);
+	perf_counter_init_task(p);
 
 	if ((retval = audit_alloc(p)))
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_policy;