diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index c5fa717cf0991ecba0ca9d6244d386f1e8fda4a6..126a302c481c060782e811e92e3fca0386271208 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -6136,7 +6136,7 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 	 * scheduled, so we are now safe from rescheduling changing
 	 * our context.
 	 */
-	child_ctx = rcu_dereference(child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn]);
+	child_ctx = rcu_dereference_raw(child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn]);
 	task_ctx_sched_out(child_ctx, EVENT_ALL);
 
 	/*