diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 14eca80918dc526e63eee73be95af46679e49a9e..f571f514de2a8d1603cdccb0ed72e4dda5b0b389 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -455,8 +455,11 @@ static int __hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 		if (atomic_read(&active_events) == 0) {
 			if (!reserve_pmc_hardware())
 				err = -EBUSY;
-			else
+			else {
 				err = reserve_ds_buffers();
+				if (err)
+					release_pmc_hardware();
+			}
 		}
 		if (!err)
 			atomic_inc(&active_events);