diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index b5cdac0de370ce538241eba6aa50e1547ac43f7a..a430ac3074afb7091866d0b695ad2f570eae7a31 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ struct perf_pending_entry {
 
 typedef void (*perf_callback_t)(struct perf_event *, void *);
 
+struct perf_sample_data;
+
 /**
  * struct perf_event - performance event kernel representation:
  */
@@ -658,6 +660,10 @@ struct perf_event {
 	struct pid_namespace		*ns;
 	u64				id;
 
+	void (*overflow_handler)(struct perf_event *event,
+			int nmi, struct perf_sample_data *data,
+			struct pt_regs *regs);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_PROFILE
 	struct event_filter		*filter;
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 3852e2656bb0d36db15c879bac5a8af8822e0592..1dfb6cc4fdeaec9292d39d2da2adec991ad091b3 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -3710,7 +3710,11 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
 			perf_event_disable(event);
 	}
 
-	perf_event_output(event, nmi, data, regs);
+	if (event->overflow_handler)
+		event->overflow_handler(event, nmi, data, regs);
+	else
+		perf_event_output(event, nmi, data, regs);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -4836,6 +4840,8 @@ inherit_event(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 	if (parent_event->attr.freq)
 		child_event->hw.sample_period = parent_event->hw.sample_period;
 
+	child_event->overflow_handler = parent_event->overflow_handler;
+
 	/*
 	 * Link it up in the child's context:
 	 */