diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 37bc827794f9..a790c633b9b6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bb3f0b59ad005d2d2ecbbe9bd048eab6d1ecbd31
+refs/heads/master: 65d370862f64973611a271ced61864b5f9bb6fc0
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c b/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 1ac18daa424f..f27a7e9f3c41 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1934,7 +1934,8 @@ __perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child,
 		}
 	}
 
-	kfree(child_counter);
+	if (!child_counter->filp || !atomic_long_read(&child_counter->filp->f_count))
+		kfree(child_counter);
 }
 
 /*