diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event_fsl_emb.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event_fsl_emb.c
index 4dcf5f831e9d01f8694443ac7d56146b6f7a9777..b0dc8f7069cd5fb7bb41ec8b2a3bd9a046f3f57e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event_fsl_emb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event_fsl_emb.c
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 			if (left <= 0)
 				left = period;
 			record = 1;
+			event->hw.last_period = event->hw.sample_period;
 		}
 		if (left < 0x80000000LL)
 			val = 0x80000000LL - left;