diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index cce18c85d2e8edc6edcf23d13ef13e99f6cbf835..702591f6180a8d50704648977ff48e4f6811880d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ armpmu_reserve_hardware(struct arm_pmu *armpmu)
 			}
 
 			err = request_irq(irq, armpmu->handle_irq,
-					IRQF_NOBALANCING,
+					IRQF_NOBALANCING | IRQF_NO_THREAD,
 					"arm-pmu", armpmu);
 			if (err) {
 				pr_err("unable to request IRQ%d for ARM PMU counters\n",