diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
index b83474b6021a..d4cf4ce19aac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -1496,17 +1496,17 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
 	pr_cont("%s PMU driver.\n", x86_pmu.name);
 
 	if (x86_pmu.num_counters > X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC) {
-		x86_pmu.num_counters = X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC;
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf counters %d > max(%d), clipping!",
 		     x86_pmu.num_counters, X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
+		x86_pmu.num_counters = X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC;
 	}
 	perf_counter_mask = (1 << x86_pmu.num_counters) - 1;
 	perf_max_counters = x86_pmu.num_counters;
 
 	if (x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed > X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED) {
-		x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed = X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED;
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf counters fixed %d > max(%d), clipping!",
 		     x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed, X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED);
+		x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed = X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED;
 	}
 
 	perf_counter_mask |=