diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index a6bc431cde701037ca6146d6931a56aa96838cb1..4238bcba9d60fc0aaa697a2a83818556db7c66cf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ __hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	 */
 	hwc->config_base	    |= (unsigned long)mapping;
 
-	if (!hwc->sample_period) {
+	if (!is_sampling_event(event)) {
 		/*
 		 * For non-sampling runs, limit the sample_period to half
 		 * of the counter width. That way, the new counter value
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
index 51798d7854aca9b9109abba97c1cc22a6efc5a33..bbdbffd06cf77ac6ab67abc6209f7ffc0eabf45a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ static int cpu_pmu_request_irq(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu, irq_handler_t handler)
 
 	irqs = min(pmu_device->num_resources, num_possible_cpus());
 	if (irqs < 1) {
-		pr_err("no irqs for PMUs defined\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		printk_once("perf/ARM: No irqs for PMU defined, sampling events not supported\n");
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pmu_device, 0);
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ static void cpu_pmu_init(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu)
 	/* Ensure the PMU has sane values out of reset. */
 	if (cpu_pmu->reset)
 		on_each_cpu(cpu_pmu->reset, cpu_pmu, 1);
+
+	/* If no interrupts available, set the corresponding capability flag */
+	if (!platform_get_irq(cpu_pmu->plat_device, 0))
+		cpu_pmu->pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT;
 }
 
 /*