diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 199ed477131508691df9325c8b20b2c07638ef21..673c1aaf7332dc50809f558af52780e73bec5807 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ static void perf_counter_sync_stat(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
 		__perf_counter_sync_stat(counter, next_counter);
 
 		counter = list_next_entry(counter, event_entry);
-		next_counter = list_next_entry(counter, event_entry);
+		next_counter = list_next_entry(next_counter, event_entry);
 	}
 }