diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index af6dcf1d9e476c6f49d4bc4974c724c63354c922..267c8f37012cf5bd19fab828f25519869ad2ed50 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ struct perf_event;
  */
 #define PERF_EVENT_TXN 0x1
 
+/**
+ * pmu::capabilities flags
+ */
+#define PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT		0x01
+
 /**
  * struct pmu - generic performance monitoring unit
  */
@@ -178,6 +183,11 @@ struct pmu {
 	const char			*name;
 	int				type;
 
+	/*
+	 * various common per-pmu feature flags
+	 */
+	int				capabilities;
+
 	int * __percpu			pmu_disable_count;
 	struct perf_cpu_context * __percpu pmu_cpu_context;
 	int				task_ctx_nr;
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index a62d142ad49817e0d28d9c522fe518ac83016aa5..e9ef0c6646afa12c1b5e8d767ae508722586b5e4 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7120,6 +7120,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (is_sampling_event(event)) {
+		if (event->pmu->capabilities & PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT) {
+			err = -ENOTSUPP;
+			goto err_alloc;
+		}
+	}
+
 	account_event(event);
 
 	/*