diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8d30ef3fdb2f..39a2a61bc4fd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ef8f34aabf2450a9fb36b2c87fe0ea0b86a38195
+refs/heads/master: 1c250d709fdc8aa5bf42d90be99428a01a256a55
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
index 107711bf0ee8..febb12cea795 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ static int p4_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+		int overflow;
 
 		if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
 			continue;
@@ -666,12 +667,14 @@ static int p4_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(hwc->idx != idx);
 
 		/* it might be unflagged overflow */
-		handled = p4_pmu_clear_cccr_ovf(hwc);
+		overflow = p4_pmu_clear_cccr_ovf(hwc);
 
 		val = x86_perf_event_update(event);
-		if (!handled && (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.cntval_bits - 1))))
+		if (!overflow && (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.cntval_bits - 1))))
 			continue;
 
+		handled += overflow;
+
 		/* event overflow for sure */
 		data.period = event->hw.last_period;
 
@@ -687,7 +690,7 @@ static int p4_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		inc_irq_stat(apic_perf_irqs);
 	}
 
-	return handled;
+	return handled > 0;
 }
 
 /*