diff --git a/arch/x86/events/Kconfig b/arch/x86/events/Kconfig
index 39d9ded9e25ae7c230a5385f3dcd00ef4709e6ed..b8c488eec07e388993909546d4908d25c035454d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/events/Kconfig
@@ -34,4 +34,11 @@ config PERF_EVENTS_AMD_POWER
 	  (CPUID Fn8000_0007_EDX[12]) interface to calculate the
 	  average power consumption on Family 15h processors.
 
+config PERF_EVENTS_AMD_BRS
+	depends on PERF_EVENTS && CPU_SUP_AMD
+	bool "AMD Zen3 Branch Sampling support"
+	help
+	  Enable AMD Zen3 branch sampling support (BRS) which samples up to
+	  16 consecutive taken branches in registers.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/Makefile b/arch/x86/events/amd/Makefile
index a640f67da9876431863ca1f67e5d8f4e1886b326..40c242ac9d0e05491773bcd8e9002ea9d00358cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/amd/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD)		+= core.o uncore.o brs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD)		+= core.o uncore.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS_AMD_BRS)	+= brs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS_AMD_POWER)	+= power.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC)		+= ibs.o
 ifdef CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index fc06b2332d6d32748091c50cf3b96ecf192f8caa..3927f9549017fd1923333c25fea2ef2dc5a342fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -1089,6 +1089,8 @@ static inline bool fixed_counter_disabled(int i)
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD
 
 int amd_pmu_init(void);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS_AMD_BRS
 int amd_brs_init(void);
 void amd_brs_disable(void);
 void amd_brs_enable(void);
@@ -1123,25 +1125,52 @@ static inline void amd_pmu_brs_del(struct perf_event *event)
 
 void amd_pmu_brs_sched_task(struct perf_event_context *ctx, bool sched_in);
 
-/*
- * check if BRS is activated on the CPU
- * active defined as it has non-zero users and DBG_EXT_CFG.BRSEN=1
- */
-static inline bool amd_brs_active(void)
+static inline s64 amd_brs_adjust_period(s64 period)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
+	if (period > x86_pmu.lbr_nr)
+		return period - x86_pmu.lbr_nr;
 
-	return cpuc->brs_active;
+	return period;
+}
+#else
+static inline int amd_brs_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
 }
+static inline void amd_brs_disable(void) {}
+static inline void amd_brs_enable(void) {}
+static inline void amd_brs_drain(void) {}
+static inline void amd_brs_lopwr_init(void) {}
+static inline void amd_brs_disable_all(void) {}
+static inline int amd_brs_setup_filter(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void amd_brs_reset(void) {}
 
-static inline s64 amd_brs_adjust_period(s64 period)
+static inline void amd_pmu_brs_add(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	if (period > x86_pmu.lbr_nr)
-		return period - x86_pmu.lbr_nr;
+}
+
+static inline void amd_pmu_brs_del(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void amd_pmu_brs_sched_task(struct perf_event_context *ctx, bool sched_in)
+{
+}
 
+static inline s64 amd_brs_adjust_period(s64 period)
+{
 	return period;
 }
 
+static inline void amd_brs_enable_all(void)
+{
+}
+
+#endif
+
 #else /* CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD */
 
 static inline int amd_pmu_init(void)