diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 4ec55ef5810cd98a8fdfff3a85c0d02e4de39c20..244ca3acb0ee2117db88c96d57182a22e750ba1b 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -6446,11 +6446,6 @@ int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn] = NULL;
-
-	mutex_init(&child->perf_event_mutex);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->perf_event_list);
-
 	if (likely(!parent->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn]))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -6539,6 +6534,10 @@ int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
 {
 	int ctxn, ret;
 
+	memset(child->perf_event_ctxp, 0, sizeof(child->perf_event_ctxp));
+	mutex_init(&child->perf_event_mutex);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->perf_event_list);
+
 	for_each_task_context_nr(ctxn) {
 		ret = perf_event_init_context(child, ctxn);
 		if (ret)