diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
index cd9fb45eebd240e81b244b9e083799b7080dac68..c07fdcd737266de36e821eae1d0fcc0bb41abf27 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static int realloc_sampling_buffer(struct sf_buffer *sfb,
 				   unsigned long num_sdb, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	int i, rc;
-	unsigned long *new, *tail;
+	unsigned long *new, *tail, *tail_prev = NULL;
 
 	if (!sfb->sdbt || !sfb->tail)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ static int realloc_sampling_buffer(struct sf_buffer *sfb,
 			sfb->num_sdbt++;
 			/* Link current page to tail of chain */
 			*tail = (unsigned long)(void *) new + 1;
+			tail_prev = tail;
 			tail = new;
 		}
 
@@ -242,10 +243,22 @@ static int realloc_sampling_buffer(struct sf_buffer *sfb,
 		 * issue, a new realloc call (if required) might succeed.
 		 */
 		rc = alloc_sample_data_block(tail, gfp_flags);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
+			/* Undo last SDBT. An SDBT with no SDB at its first
+			 * entry but with an SDBT entry instead can not be
+			 * handled by the interrupt handler code.
+			 * Avoid this situation.
+			 */
+			if (tail_prev) {
+				sfb->num_sdbt--;
+				free_page((unsigned long) new);
+				tail = tail_prev;
+			}
 			break;
+		}
 		sfb->num_sdb++;
 		tail++;
+		tail_prev = new = NULL;	/* Allocated at least one SBD */
 	}
 
 	/* Link sampling buffer to its origin */