diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index ec74a7c7190d2de8c6b17a09322031d6ac6e1e25..c6fe36f5a9f5506fa55fedfbc9b6b0acd7e0eefc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -895,7 +895,8 @@ static irqreturn_t armv8pmu_handle_irq(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu)
 	 * platforms that can have the PMU interrupts raised as an NMI, this
 	 * will not work.
 	 */
-	irq_work_run();
+	if (!in_nmi())
+		irq_work_run();
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }