diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e79fb5994bc8..c5fb3cdef94b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 94c95cfbfe784eca5f4b96955e41bda1318605bc
+refs/heads/master: f53d168c025f27d64417a56bf129dbb39d2e1189
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 89bd59365c07..069f92b31992 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -880,8 +880,16 @@ static int power_pmu_add(struct perf_event *event, int ef_flags)
 	cpuhw->events[n0] = event->hw.config;
 	cpuhw->flags[n0] = event->hw.event_base;
 
+	/*
+	 * This event may have been disabled/stopped in record_and_restart()
+	 * because we exceeded the ->event_limit. If re-starting the event,
+	 * clear the ->hw.state (STOPPED and UPTODATE flags), so the user
+	 * notification is re-enabled.
+	 */
 	if (!(ef_flags & PERF_EF_START))
 		event->hw.state = PERF_HES_STOPPED | PERF_HES_UPTODATE;
+	else
+		event->hw.state = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * If group events scheduling transaction was started,