diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index c046f7d97cfafce277520f591834fbef605dc900..45bdd3b95d3e7029c8a97d1115f531b30a9e4089 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ struct perf_counter_hw_event {
 /*
  * Ioctls that can be done on a perf counter fd:
  */
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE		_IOW('$', 0, u32)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE	_IOW('$', 1, u32)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH	_IOW('$', 2, u32)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_RESET		_IOW('$', 3, u32)
+#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE		_IO ('$', 0)
+#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE	_IO ('$', 1)
+#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH	_IO ('$', 2)
+#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_RESET		_IO ('$', 3)
+#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_PERIOD		_IOW('$', 4, u64)
 
 enum perf_counter_ioc_flags {
 	PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP		= 1U << 0,
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 3f11a2bc6c799268ba01fb20538e0fffc292ff00..abe2f3b6c4242aaad8d45577376b4e92545779c1 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1604,6 +1604,43 @@ static void perf_counter_for_each(struct perf_counter *counter,
 	mutex_unlock(&counter->child_mutex);
 }
 
+static int perf_counter_period(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 __user *arg)
+{
+	struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+	unsigned long size;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u64 value;
+
+	if (!counter->hw_event.sample_period)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	size = copy_from_user(&value, arg, sizeof(value));
+	if (size != sizeof(value))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (!value)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+	if (counter->hw_event.freq) {
+		if (value > sysctl_perf_counter_limit) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+
+		counter->hw_event.sample_freq = value;
+	} else {
+		counter->hw_event.sample_period = value;
+		counter->hw.sample_period = value;
+
+		perf_log_period(counter, value);
+	}
+unlock:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static long perf_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct perf_counter *counter = file->private_data;
@@ -1623,6 +1660,10 @@ static long perf_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH:
 		return perf_counter_refresh(counter, arg);
+
+	case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_PERIOD:
+		return perf_counter_period(counter, (u64 __user *)arg);
+
 	default:
 		return -ENOTTY;
 	}