diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_bts.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_bts.c
index 54690e885759dd7b89711d3568e8916495e7b34f..d1c0f254afbeefe61fcfaeeb7625664d7d352918 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_bts.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_bts.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ static void __bts_event_start(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (!buf || bts_buffer_is_full(buf, bts))
 		return;
 
+	event->hw.itrace_started = 1;
 	event->hw.state = 0;
 
 	if (!buf->snapshot)