diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 277aa553841e6722c1b9f81c8e4feed27e8c21b1..2a4bd7358eb1234a3c81f3b8b7e1a9780cdc114c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5034,6 +5034,9 @@ static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
 	if (perf_event_check_period(event, value))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!event->attr.freq && (value & (1ULL << 63)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	event_function_call(event, __perf_event_period, &value);
 
 	return 0;