diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 802f3b24eeefbd9e47a7225eb43bd4cfb2bb3d94..c378062da2772d5007d63d550bb0e83895f31bb9 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2920,12 +2920,6 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 
-	/*
-	 * Remove from the PMU, can't get re-enabled since we got
-	 * here because the last ref went.
-	 */
-	perf_event_disable(event);
-
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
 	/*
 	 * There are two ways this annotation is useful:
@@ -2942,8 +2936,8 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
 	mutex_lock_nested(&ctx->mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 	perf_group_detach(event);
-	list_del_event(event, ctx);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+	perf_remove_from_context(event);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	free_event(event);