diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4af161b3f322feeda53f30d527c7012dc2fd3d8b..8e1b8126c0e4981908f923f5acc2d8db72c63ca8 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11705,12 +11705,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	err = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PERF);
-	if (err && (attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR))
-		/* REGS_INTR can leak data, lockdown must prevent this */
-		return err;
-
-	err = 0;
+	/* REGS_INTR can leak data, lockdown must prevent this */
+	if (attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR) {
+		err = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PERF);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * In cgroup mode, the pid argument is used to pass the fd