diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6169be9153dc..9c46db487d49 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d228d9ec2c9a119ce15c6446ebeec05786ab3287
+refs/heads/master: 0e9c3be20d88aa5ed13fde4ece50f45eb96824ad
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/events/core.c b/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
index ccc457e36354..5a92cf6beff0 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5965,13 +5965,9 @@ int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type)
 	pmu->name = name;
 
 	if (type < 0) {
-		int err = idr_pre_get(&pmu_idr, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!err)
-			goto free_pdc;
-
-		err = idr_get_new_above(&pmu_idr, pmu, PERF_TYPE_MAX, &type);
-		if (err) {
-			ret = err;
+		type = idr_alloc(&pmu_idr, pmu, PERF_TYPE_MAX, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (type < 0) {
+			ret = type;
 			goto free_pdc;
 		}
 	}