diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index fbdde119b1ccc75475390030abfc5d6ad6bd2334..78c77a91c3b62a7cec9dd1052c2a2566c92b57df 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ struct perf_event;
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_EXCLUSIVE			0x10
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_ITRACE			0x20
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS		0x40
+#define PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE			0x80
 
 /**
  * struct pmu - generic performance monitoring unit
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index f6da9e11693dd40deaba3c1208a9b49559109e2f..728186f7b5df601ceaba2f5b156f79c8c06861e7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9880,6 +9880,15 @@ static int perf_try_init_event(struct pmu *pmu, struct perf_event *event)
 	if (ctx)
 		perf_event_ctx_unlock(event->group_leader, ctx);
 
+	if (!ret) {
+		if (pmu->capabilities & PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE &&
+				event_has_any_exclude_flag(event)) {
+			if (event->destroy)
+				event->destroy(event);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (ret)
 		module_put(pmu->module);