diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h
index 18eb78bbdd1003a5f7d1d8b302b608405214741f..863d9b02563e596cd6bc04005546a383179175bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define UNCORE_PCI_DEV_TYPE(data)	((data >> 8) & 0xff)
 #define UNCORE_PCI_DEV_IDX(data)	(data & 0xff)
 #define UNCORE_EXTRA_PCI_DEV		0xff
-#define UNCORE_EXTRA_PCI_DEV_MAX	2
+#define UNCORE_EXTRA_PCI_DEV_MAX	3
 
 /* support up to 8 sockets */
 #define UNCORE_SOCKET_MAX		8
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c
index 745b158e9a65768134caaba91d2f55f43200a481..21af6149edf2e79dd462a7e8f4994c8fd201fa0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ void snbep_uncore_cpu_init(void)
 enum {
 	SNBEP_PCI_QPI_PORT0_FILTER,
 	SNBEP_PCI_QPI_PORT1_FILTER,
+	HSWEP_PCI_PCU_3,
 };
 
 static int snbep_qpi_hw_config(struct intel_uncore_box *box, struct perf_event *event)
@@ -2026,6 +2027,17 @@ void hswep_uncore_cpu_init(void)
 {
 	if (hswep_uncore_cbox.num_boxes > boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores)
 		hswep_uncore_cbox.num_boxes = boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores;
+
+	/* Detect 6-8 core systems with only two SBOXes */
+	if (uncore_extra_pci_dev[0][HSWEP_PCI_PCU_3]) {
+		u32 capid4;
+
+		pci_read_config_dword(uncore_extra_pci_dev[0][HSWEP_PCI_PCU_3],
+				      0x94, &capid4);
+		if (((capid4 >> 6) & 0x3) == 0)
+			hswep_uncore_sbox.num_boxes = 2;
+	}
+
 	uncore_msr_uncores = hswep_msr_uncores;
 }
 
@@ -2287,6 +2299,11 @@ static DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(hswep_uncore_pci_ids) = {
 		.driver_data = UNCORE_PCI_DEV_DATA(UNCORE_EXTRA_PCI_DEV,
 						   SNBEP_PCI_QPI_PORT1_FILTER),
 	},
+	{ /* PCU.3 (for Capability registers) */
+		PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0x2fc0),
+		.driver_data = UNCORE_PCI_DEV_DATA(UNCORE_EXTRA_PCI_DEV,
+						   HSWEP_PCI_PCU_3),
+	},
 	{ /* end: all zeroes */ }
 };