diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c
index 73bcfbdedd50a6e99ab234dcace99cc54e53d950..f3a2af41552dca89339a7ecb88889a2ff139c03b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c
@@ -173,26 +173,22 @@ static void knc_pmu_enable_all(int added)
 static inline void
 knc_pmu_disable_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	u64 val;
 
 	val = hwc->config;
-	if (cpuc->enabled)
-		val &= ~ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE;
+	val &= ~ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE;
 
 	(void)wrmsrl_safe(hwc->config_base + hwc->idx, val);
 }
 
 static void knc_pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	u64 val;
 
 	val = hwc->config;
-	if (cpuc->enabled)
-		val |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE;
+	val |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE;
 
 	(void)wrmsrl_safe(hwc->config_base + hwc->idx, val);
 }