diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.c
index 3f3aa9a7063ab32acfd71dec1b04d973e6d7394b..582ed2c9bc56ad45bc10ac125a5d758ce76f8575 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static void mmcra_sdar_mode(u64 event, unsigned long *mmcra)
 		else if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_POWER9_DD1) && p9_SDAR_MODE(event))
 			*mmcra |=  p9_SDAR_MODE(event) << MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_SHIFT;
 		else
-			*mmcra |= MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_TLB;
+			*mmcra |= MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_DCACHE;
 	} else
 		*mmcra |= MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_TLB;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.h b/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.h
index 8acbe6e802c749ce39101fddf04467a32189c095..7a0228bf283c3a7994060eecd21dfc642fb3121e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.h
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@
 #define MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_SHIFT		42
 #define MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_TLB		(1ull << MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_SHIFT)
 #define MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_NO_UPDATES	~(0x3ull << MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_SHIFT)
+#define MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_DCACHE		(2ull << MMCRA_SDAR_MODE_SHIFT)
 #define MMCRA_IFM_SHIFT			30
 #define MMCRA_THR_CTR_MANT_SHIFT	19
 #define MMCRA_THR_CTR_MANT_MASK		0x7Ful