diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index ff0e8d4987507d55b65289b023af1ee6478806da..2bda212a0010ca561e8f34a9d56c2502b47ff70b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -312,12 +312,8 @@ int x86_setup_perfctr(struct perf_event *event)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Do not allow config1 (extended registers) to propagate,
-	 * there's no sane user-space generalization yet:
-	 */
 	if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_RAW)
-		return 0;
+		return x86_pmu_extra_regs(event->attr.config, event);
 
 	if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE)
 		return set_ext_hw_attr(hwc, event);