diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 85c21f1ac5c7..c2b196f9ecf8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2c1b54d331bde7afbf8da24789cce2402e155495
+refs/heads/master: 74653ccf231a3100dd03e16e7a4178868a37332e
diff --git a/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c b/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
index ab4c761cfedc..b5d6b3fa5a41 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
@@ -621,11 +621,6 @@ static int mipspmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&active_events)) {
-		if (atomic_read(&active_events) > MIPS_MAX_HWEVENTS) {
-			atomic_dec(&active_events);
-			return -ENOSPC;
-		}
-
 		mutex_lock(&pmu_reserve_mutex);
 		if (atomic_read(&active_events) == 0)
 			err = mipspmu_get_irq();