diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index e47ee462c2f2e69a8cbef4ef3a3d7bfc873cb51f..0140830225e216103742f1dc1f6736d461f86d8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -799,6 +799,12 @@ static inline int __perf_event_disable(void *info)			{ return -1; }
 static inline void perf_event_task_tick(void)				{ }
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL)
+extern bool perf_event_can_stop_tick(void);
+#else
+static inline bool perf_event_can_stop_tick(void)			{ return true; }
+#endif
+
 #define perf_output_put(handle, x) perf_output_copy((handle), &(x), sizeof(x))
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 75b58bb75b328cf7560fd8851ccc09d822158967..ddb993b52190e9504b2b4505ec263034eb65801c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2560,6 +2560,16 @@ static void perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 		list_del_init(&cpuctx->rotation_list);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+bool perf_event_can_stop_tick(void)
+{
+	if (list_empty(&__get_cpu_var(rotation_list)))
+		return true;
+	else
+		return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 void perf_event_task_tick(void)
 {
 	struct list_head *head = &__get_cpu_var(rotation_list);