diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
index 188076161c1b..63eb68b73589 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
@@ -951,6 +951,14 @@ static u64 intel_cqm_event_count(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (!cqm_group_leader(event))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Getting up-to-date values requires an SMP IPI which is not
+	 * possible if we're being called in interrupt context. Return
+	 * the cached values instead.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
+		goto out;
+
 	/*
 	 * Notice that we don't perform the reading of an RMID
 	 * atomically, because we can't hold a spin lock across the