diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 4ee3abf20ed6118a45e0e6068962f4c181eeecaf..594d42513e60f728bc81e102de4086ee095f2382 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ struct cpu_hw_events {
 	 * AMD specific bits
 	 */
 	struct amd_nb		*amd_nb;
+
+	void			*kfree_on_online;
 };
 
 #define __EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m, w) {\
@@ -1466,10 +1468,12 @@ static int __cpuinit
 x86_pmu_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = (long)hcpu;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
 	int ret = NOTIFY_OK;
 
 	switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
 	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
+		cpuc->kfree_on_online = NULL;
 		if (x86_pmu.cpu_prepare)
 			ret = x86_pmu.cpu_prepare(cpu);
 		break;
@@ -1479,6 +1483,10 @@ x86_pmu_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 			x86_pmu.cpu_starting(cpu);
 		break;
 
+	case CPU_ONLINE:
+		kfree(cpuc->kfree_on_online);
+		break;
+
 	case CPU_DYING:
 		if (x86_pmu.cpu_dying)
 			x86_pmu.cpu_dying(cpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
index 941caa2e449b30a6c549a6db50457828c13e6fbb..ee9436c3e5d674f3e48d1f205b31755dd7b490a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void amd_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu)
 			continue;
 
 		if (nb->nb_id == nb_id) {
-			kfree(cpuc->amd_nb);
+			cpuc->kfree_on_online = cpuc->amd_nb;
 			cpuc->amd_nb = nb;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index f88af2c2a561f2f5e680ba6eabe545a217ae4316..3751494e70f5b6c96405c37475bdff122433c964 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu)
 
 		pc = per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, i).shared_regs;
 		if (pc && pc->core_id == core_id) {
-			kfree(cpuc->shared_regs);
+			cpuc->kfree_on_online = cpuc->shared_regs;
 			cpuc->shared_regs = pc;
 			break;
 		}