diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index f274e19598858979a3d9bf32b75fe1f62fce426a..7d4bb83b78cfd9ba454c10716bd178bf914bb1ab 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static atomic_t nr_task_counters __read_mostly;
  *  1 - disallow cpu counters to unpriv
  *  2 - disallow kernel profiling to unpriv
  */
-int sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid __read_mostly;
+int sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
 
 static inline bool perf_paranoid_cpu(void)
 {