diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c
index a5bbd360cc4b..71a21e6712f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_xscale.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ xscale2pmu_handle_irq(int irq_num, void *dev)
 		if (!event)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!xscale2_pmnc_counter_has_overflowed(pmnc, idx))
+		if (!xscale2_pmnc_counter_has_overflowed(of_flags, idx))
 			continue;
 
 		hwc = &event->hw;
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ xscale2pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 static void
 xscale2pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-	unsigned long flags, ien, evtsel;
+	unsigned long flags, ien, evtsel, of_flags;
 	struct pmu_hw_events *events = cpu_pmu->get_hw_events();
 
 	ien = xscale2pmu_read_int_enable();
@@ -678,26 +678,31 @@ xscale2pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 	switch (idx) {
 	case XSCALE_CYCLE_COUNTER:
 		ien &= ~XSCALE2_CCOUNT_INT_EN;
+		of_flags = XSCALE2_CCOUNT_OVERFLOW;
 		break;
 	case XSCALE_COUNTER0:
 		ien &= ~XSCALE2_COUNT0_INT_EN;
 		evtsel &= ~XSCALE2_COUNT0_EVT_MASK;
 		evtsel |= XSCALE_PERFCTR_UNUSED << XSCALE2_COUNT0_EVT_SHFT;
+		of_flags = XSCALE2_COUNT0_OVERFLOW;
 		break;
 	case XSCALE_COUNTER1:
 		ien &= ~XSCALE2_COUNT1_INT_EN;
 		evtsel &= ~XSCALE2_COUNT1_EVT_MASK;
 		evtsel |= XSCALE_PERFCTR_UNUSED << XSCALE2_COUNT1_EVT_SHFT;
+		of_flags = XSCALE2_COUNT1_OVERFLOW;
 		break;
 	case XSCALE_COUNTER2:
 		ien &= ~XSCALE2_COUNT2_INT_EN;
 		evtsel &= ~XSCALE2_COUNT2_EVT_MASK;
 		evtsel |= XSCALE_PERFCTR_UNUSED << XSCALE2_COUNT2_EVT_SHFT;
+		of_flags = XSCALE2_COUNT2_OVERFLOW;
 		break;
 	case XSCALE_COUNTER3:
 		ien &= ~XSCALE2_COUNT3_INT_EN;
 		evtsel &= ~XSCALE2_COUNT3_EVT_MASK;
 		evtsel |= XSCALE_PERFCTR_UNUSED << XSCALE2_COUNT3_EVT_SHFT;
+		of_flags = XSCALE2_COUNT3_OVERFLOW;
 		break;
 	default:
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "invalid counter number (%d)\n", idx);
@@ -707,6 +712,7 @@ xscale2pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&events->pmu_lock, flags);
 	xscale2pmu_write_event_select(evtsel);
 	xscale2pmu_write_int_enable(ien);
+	xscale2pmu_write_overflow_flags(of_flags);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&events->pmu_lock, flags);
 }