diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 18df1712969554ce3d58b6e65c311cfc283bfa00..dd9f3c2f7d058d87f8b07785d26553049417a2b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1480,7 +1480,6 @@ static void x86_pmu_start(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 
 	cpuc->events[idx] = event;
 	__set_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask);
-	__set_bit(idx, cpuc->running);
 	static_call(x86_pmu_enable)(event);
 	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/p4.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/p4.c
index a4cc66005ce85004174f076150b7d7aa34ae5b62..9c10cbb48f403331bd01bf9df50f13ffd195ffac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/p4.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/p4.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static void p4_pmu_enable_pebs(u64 config)
 	(void)wrmsrl_safe(MSR_P4_PEBS_MATRIX_VERT,	(u64)bind->metric_vert);
 }
 
-static void p4_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
+static void __p4_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	int thread = p4_ht_config_thread(hwc->config);
@@ -983,6 +983,16 @@ static void p4_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
 				(cccr & ~P4_CCCR_RESERVED) | P4_CCCR_ENABLE);
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long [BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)], p4_running);
+
+static void p4_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	int idx = event->hw.idx;
+
+	__set_bit(idx, per_cpu(p4_running, smp_processor_id()));
+	__p4_pmu_enable_event(event);
+}
+
 static void p4_pmu_enable_all(int added)
 {
 	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
@@ -992,7 +1002,7 @@ static void p4_pmu_enable_all(int added)
 		struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[idx];
 		if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
 			continue;
-		p4_pmu_enable_event(event);
+		__p4_pmu_enable_event(event);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1012,7 +1022,7 @@ static int p4_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 		if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask)) {
 			/* catch in-flight IRQs */
-			if (__test_and_clear_bit(idx, cpuc->running))
+			if (__test_and_clear_bit(idx, per_cpu(p4_running, smp_processor_id())))
 				handled++;
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index 53b2b5fc23bca0fba4f226578e81255ad9181b5f..54a340e42a22214b4f4db9af7fb2f167ca929131 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ struct cpu_hw_events {
 	 */
 	struct perf_event	*events[X86_PMC_IDX_MAX]; /* in counter order */
 	unsigned long		active_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)];
-	unsigned long		running[BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)];
 	int			enabled;
 
 	int			n_events; /* the # of events in the below arrays */