diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index af04c6fa59cb273a2c9aacef23cc632918deda20..79e199843db6b33494704b671297b1f55e4f79b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 						 struct perf_event *event);
 	struct event_constraint *event_constraints;
 	void		(*quirks)(void);
+	int		perfctr_second_write;
 
 	int		(*cpu_prepare)(int cpu);
 	void		(*cpu_starting)(int cpu);
@@ -925,8 +926,17 @@ x86_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event)
 	 */
 	atomic64_set(&hwc->prev_count, (u64)-left);
 
-	wrmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx,
+	wrmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx, (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.cntval_mask);
+
+	/*
+	 * Due to erratum on certan cpu we need
+	 * a second write to be sure the register
+	 * is updated properly
+	 */
+	if (x86_pmu.perfctr_second_write) {
+		wrmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx,
 			(u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.cntval_mask);
+	}
 
 	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
index ae85d69644d182f31c9711eba6c5ddb21862bcec..9286e736a70af948d43ed9756e65fabbba2dc991 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
@@ -829,6 +829,15 @@ static __initconst const struct x86_pmu p4_pmu = {
 	.max_period		= (1ULL << 39) - 1,
 	.hw_config		= p4_hw_config,
 	.schedule_events	= p4_pmu_schedule_events,
+	/*
+	 * This handles erratum N15 in intel doc 249199-029,
+	 * the counter may not be updated correctly on write
+	 * so we need a second write operation to do the trick
+	 * (the official workaround didn't work)
+	 *
+	 * the former idea is taken from OProfile code
+	 */
+	.perfctr_second_write	= 1,
 };
 
 static __init int p4_pmu_init(void)