diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mmdc.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mmdc.c
index e49e068345162ba77d77ae36dbef324c446ef862..fce4b426c37917f1ade36f684077175488d5073d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mmdc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mmdc.c
@@ -294,13 +294,7 @@ static int mmdc_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	if (event->attr.exclude_user		||
-			event->attr.exclude_kernel	||
-			event->attr.exclude_hv		||
-			event->attr.exclude_idle	||
-			event->attr.exclude_host	||
-			event->attr.exclude_guest	||
-			event->attr.sample_period)
+	if (event->attr.sample_period)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (cfg < 0 || cfg >= MMDC_NUM_COUNTERS)
@@ -456,6 +450,7 @@ static int mmdc_pmu_init(struct mmdc_pmu *pmu_mmdc,
 			.start          = mmdc_pmu_event_start,
 			.stop           = mmdc_pmu_event_stop,
 			.read           = mmdc_pmu_event_update,
+			.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE,
 		},
 		.mmdc_base = mmdc_base,
 		.dev = dev,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0-pmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0-pmu.c
index afe5b4c7b164d89721d0fad3c69ff4245cd52dc0..99bcd074916ac9d7ad1f5a4d0e84a39c037d80a7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0-pmu.c
@@ -314,14 +314,6 @@ static int l2x0_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	    event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (event->attr.exclude_user   ||
-	    event->attr.exclude_kernel ||
-	    event->attr.exclude_hv     ||
-	    event->attr.exclude_idle   ||
-	    event->attr.exclude_host   ||
-	    event->attr.exclude_guest)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (event->cpu < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -544,6 +536,7 @@ static __init int l2x0_pmu_init(void)
 		.del = l2x0_pmu_event_del,
 		.event_init = l2x0_pmu_event_init,
 		.attr_groups = l2x0_pmu_attr_groups,
+		.capabilities = PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE,
 	};
 
 	l2x0_pmu_reset();