diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
index 1f46951367763471fce5819fcf54045ced1fe8e9..c1bbfa89a0e222ce9e95f744141c8ccd070f03bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -17,10 +17,20 @@
 #endif
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/cpumask.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 
 extern int smp_num_siblings;
 extern unsigned int num_processors;
 
+static inline bool cpu_has_ht_siblings(void)
+{
+	bool has_siblings = false;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	has_siblings = cpu_has_ht && smp_num_siblings > 1;
+#endif
+	return has_siblings;
+}
+
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(cpumask_var_t, cpu_sibling_map);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(cpumask_var_t, cpu_core_map);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(u16, cpu_llc_id);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 4d6ce5d612daf466aa955495b268b24358efde89..26604188aa49f3679a232fea72babb7855577928 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
 #include <asm/compat.h>
+#include <asm/smp.h>
 
 #if 0
 #undef wrmsrl
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index 6e9b6763ff484ff02f81314d8c13efa96e023638..8fc2b2cee1da32713746cc7e871aab075deaee41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -1205,6 +1205,9 @@ static int intel_pmu_cpu_prepare(int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
 
+	if (!cpu_has_ht_siblings())
+		return NOTIFY_OK;
+
 	cpuc->per_core = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct intel_percore),
 				      GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
 	if (!cpuc->per_core)
@@ -1221,6 +1224,15 @@ static void intel_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu)
 	int core_id = topology_core_id(cpu);
 	int i;
 
+	init_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
+	/*
+	 * Deal with CPUs that don't clear their LBRs on power-up.
+	 */
+	intel_pmu_lbr_reset();
+
+	if (!cpu_has_ht_siblings())
+		return;
+
 	for_each_cpu(i, topology_thread_cpumask(cpu)) {
 		struct intel_percore *pc = per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, i).per_core;
 
@@ -1233,12 +1245,6 @@ static void intel_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu)
 
 	cpuc->per_core->core_id = core_id;
 	cpuc->per_core->refcnt++;
-
-	init_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
-	/*
-	 * Deal with CPUs that don't clear their LBRs on power-up.
-	 */
-	intel_pmu_lbr_reset();
 }
 
 static void intel_pmu_cpu_dying(int cpu)