diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 2ebfc9ae4755d028efc60dc0a64b7ab84ad042a3..97965fac55fefe616c81092bd4b6287c38a739ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -536,6 +536,12 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
 		struct { /* breakpoint */
 			struct arch_hw_breakpoint	info;
 			struct list_head		bp_list;
+			/*
+			 * Crufty hack to avoid the chicken and egg
+			 * problem hw_breakpoint has with context
+			 * creation and event initalization.
+			 */
+			struct task_struct		*bp_target;
 		};
 #endif
 	};
@@ -693,6 +699,7 @@ struct swevent_hlist {
 
 #define PERF_ATTACH_CONTEXT	0x01
 #define PERF_ATTACH_GROUP	0x02
+#define PERF_ATTACH_TASK	0x04
 
 /**
  * struct perf_event - performance event kernel representation:
diff --git a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 3b714e839c1053ec102f99bf8d924424bdf09381..2c9120f0afca9872cc4edba57d4e5cfe9311788f 100644
--- a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ static unsigned int max_task_bp_pinned(int cpu, enum bp_type_idx type)
  */
 static int task_bp_pinned(struct perf_event *bp, enum bp_type_idx type)
 {
-	struct perf_event_context *ctx = bp->ctx;
+	struct task_struct *tsk = bp->hw.bp_target;
 	struct perf_event *iter;
 	int count = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(iter, &bp_task_head, hw.bp_list) {
-		if (iter->ctx == ctx && find_slot_idx(iter) == type)
+		if (iter->hw.bp_target == tsk && find_slot_idx(iter) == type)
 			count += hw_breakpoint_weight(iter);
 	}
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ fetch_bp_busy_slots(struct bp_busy_slots *slots, struct perf_event *bp,
 		    enum bp_type_idx type)
 {
 	int cpu = bp->cpu;
-	struct task_struct *tsk = bp->ctx->task;
+	struct task_struct *tsk = bp->hw.bp_target;
 
 	if (cpu >= 0) {
 		slots->pinned = per_cpu(nr_cpu_bp_pinned[type], cpu);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ toggle_bp_slot(struct perf_event *bp, bool enable, enum bp_type_idx type,
 	       int weight)
 {
 	int cpu = bp->cpu;
-	struct task_struct *tsk = bp->ctx->task;
+	struct task_struct *tsk = bp->hw.bp_target;
 
 	/* Pinned counter cpu profiling */
 	if (!tsk) {
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index b21d06aaef60593bf05a9202fc6f1cef6efc6bb5..856e20baf13f85385531dd76d3ca856a1775faae 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -5255,9 +5255,10 @@ struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
  */
 static struct perf_event *
 perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
-		   struct perf_event *group_leader,
-		   struct perf_event *parent_event,
-		   perf_overflow_handler_t overflow_handler)
+		 struct task_struct *task,
+		 struct perf_event *group_leader,
+		 struct perf_event *parent_event,
+		 perf_overflow_handler_t overflow_handler)
 {
 	struct pmu *pmu;
 	struct perf_event *event;
@@ -5299,6 +5300,17 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 
 	event->state		= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
 
+	if (task) {
+		event->attach_state = PERF_ATTACH_TASK;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
+		/*
+		 * hw_breakpoint is a bit difficult here..
+		 */
+		if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT)
+			event->hw.bp_target = task;
+#endif
+	}
+
 	if (!overflow_handler && parent_event)
 		overflow_handler = parent_event->overflow_handler;
 	
@@ -5559,7 +5571,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		}
 	}
 
-	event = perf_event_alloc(&attr, cpu, group_leader, NULL, NULL);
+	event = perf_event_alloc(&attr, cpu, task, group_leader, NULL, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(event)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(event);
 		goto err_task;
@@ -5728,7 +5740,7 @@ perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	 * Get the target context (task or percpu):
 	 */
 
-	event = perf_event_alloc(attr, cpu, NULL, NULL, overflow_handler);
+	event = perf_event_alloc(attr, cpu, task, NULL, NULL, overflow_handler);
 	if (IS_ERR(event)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(event);
 		goto err;
@@ -5996,6 +6008,7 @@ inherit_event(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 
 	child_event = perf_event_alloc(&parent_event->attr,
 					   parent_event->cpu,
+					   child,
 					   group_leader, parent_event,
 					   NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(child_event))