diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index c66b34f75eea5f82662cbe3dcba81198248ee56e..8fa71874113f326106bc79ea699910f75b6c3d9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -814,9 +814,14 @@ extern int perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
  */
 static inline int is_software_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	return (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_RAW) &&
-		(event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) &&
-		(event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE);
+	switch (event->attr.type) {
+	case PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE:
+	case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
+	/* for now the breakpoint stuff also works as software event */
+	case PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT:
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 extern atomic_t perf_swevent_enabled[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];