diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 63484fddc6b3..e703a8953597 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 088e2852c858159d47f71ee8da38e0fb1b21f806
+refs/heads/master: 75f224cf7700ed6006574dc3f2efa29860727570
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
index 6d30f603b62c..8a154bd7ba94 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -557,10 +557,10 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO "... bit_width:    %d\n", eax.split.bit_width);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "... mask_length:  %d\n", eax.split.mask_length);
 
+	perf_counters_initialized = true;
+
 	perf_counters_lapic_init(0);
 	register_die_notifier(&perf_counter_nmi_notifier);
-
-	perf_counters_initialized = true;
 }
 
 static void x86_perf_counter_read(struct perf_counter *counter)