diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c
index 673f930c700f..6e434f8e5fc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ static struct kobj_attribute format_attr_##_var =		\
 
 #define RAPL_CNTR_WIDTH 32 /* 32-bit rapl counters */
 
+#define RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(_name, v, str)				\
+static struct perf_pmu_events_attr event_attr_##v = {			\
+	.attr		= __ATTR(_name, 0444, rapl_sysfs_show, NULL),	\
+	.id		= 0,						\
+	.event_str	= str,						\
+};
+
 struct rapl_pmu {
 	spinlock_t	 lock;
 	int		 hw_unit;  /* 1/2^hw_unit Joule */
@@ -379,23 +386,36 @@ static struct attribute_group rapl_pmu_attr_group = {
 	.attrs = rapl_pmu_attrs,
 };
 
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-cores, rapl_cores, "event=0x01");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-pkg  ,   rapl_pkg, "event=0x02");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-ram  ,   rapl_ram, "event=0x03");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-gpu  ,   rapl_gpu, "event=0x04");
+static ssize_t rapl_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,
+			       struct device_attribute *attr,
+			       char *page)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu_events_attr *pmu_attr = \
+		container_of(attr, struct perf_pmu_events_attr, attr);
 
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-cores.unit, rapl_cores_unit, "Joules");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-pkg.unit  ,   rapl_pkg_unit, "Joules");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-ram.unit  ,   rapl_ram_unit, "Joules");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-gpu.unit  ,   rapl_gpu_unit, "Joules");
+	if (pmu_attr->event_str)
+		return sprintf(page, "%s", pmu_attr->event_str);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-cores, rapl_cores, "event=0x01");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-pkg  ,   rapl_pkg, "event=0x02");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-ram  ,   rapl_ram, "event=0x03");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-gpu  ,   rapl_gpu, "event=0x04");
+
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-cores.unit, rapl_cores_unit, "Joules");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-pkg.unit  ,   rapl_pkg_unit, "Joules");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-ram.unit  ,   rapl_ram_unit, "Joules");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-gpu.unit  ,   rapl_gpu_unit, "Joules");
 
 /*
  * we compute in 0.23 nJ increments regardless of MSR
  */
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-cores.scale, rapl_cores_scale, "2.3283064365386962890625e-10");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-pkg.scale,     rapl_pkg_scale, "2.3283064365386962890625e-10");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-ram.scale,     rapl_ram_scale, "2.3283064365386962890625e-10");
-EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-gpu.scale,     rapl_gpu_scale, "2.3283064365386962890625e-10");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-cores.scale, rapl_cores_scale, "2.3283064365386962890625e-10");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-pkg.scale,     rapl_pkg_scale, "2.3283064365386962890625e-10");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-ram.scale,     rapl_ram_scale, "2.3283064365386962890625e-10");
+RAPL_EVENT_ATTR_STR(energy-gpu.scale,     rapl_gpu_scale, "2.3283064365386962890625e-10");
 
 static struct attribute *rapl_events_srv_attr[] = {
 	EVENT_PTR(rapl_cores),