diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c
index 66ce5e50cb447e631dc100067ed52ad7564f9232..7760aeeefeac6d70a613947eab81f44325fa603c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c
@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@ static void snb_uncore_imc_init_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
 	addr &= ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 
 	box->io_addr = ioremap(addr, SNB_UNCORE_PCI_IMC_MAP_SIZE);
+	box->hrtimer_duration = UNCORE_SNB_IMC_HRTIMER_INTERVAL;
 }
 
 static void snb_uncore_imc_enable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
@@ -3160,6 +3161,7 @@ static void uncore_perf_event_update(struct intel_uncore_box *box, struct perf_e
 static enum hrtimer_restart uncore_pmu_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 {
 	struct intel_uncore_box *box;
+	struct perf_event *event;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int bit;
 
@@ -3172,6 +3174,14 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart uncore_pmu_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 	 */
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
+	/*
+	 * handle boxes with an active event list as opposed to active
+	 * counters
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry(event, &box->active_list, active_entry) {
+		uncore_perf_event_update(box, event);
+	}
+
 	for_each_set_bit(bit, box->active_mask, UNCORE_PMC_IDX_MAX)
 		uncore_perf_event_update(box, box->events[bit]);
 
@@ -3221,6 +3231,8 @@ static struct intel_uncore_box *uncore_alloc_box(struct intel_uncore_type *type,
 	/* set default hrtimer timeout */
 	box->hrtimer_duration = UNCORE_PMU_HRTIMER_INTERVAL;
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&box->active_list);
+
 	return box;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h
index fbf45a0ebf9235a8748fe73989c92307b293142d..90236f0c94a90679506973efe6e56c51bfb9bb2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #define UNCORE_PMU_NAME_LEN		32
 #define UNCORE_PMU_HRTIMER_INTERVAL	(60LL * NSEC_PER_SEC)
+#define UNCORE_SNB_IMC_HRTIMER_INTERVAL (5ULL * NSEC_PER_SEC)
 
 #define UNCORE_FIXED_EVENT		0xff
 #define UNCORE_PMC_IDX_MAX_GENERIC	8
@@ -492,6 +493,7 @@ struct intel_uncore_box {
 	u64 hrtimer_duration; /* hrtimer timeout for this box */
 	struct hrtimer hrtimer;
 	struct list_head list;
+	struct list_head active_list;
 	void *io_addr;
 	struct intel_uncore_extra_reg shared_regs[0];
 };