diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
index 63002a240c73..089125a6ae6a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h
@@ -252,4 +252,8 @@
 #define cpu_hwrena_impl_bits		0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef cpu_has_perf_cntr_intr_bit
+#define cpu_has_perf_cntr_intr_bit	(cpu_data[0].options & MIPS_CPU_PCI)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __ASM_CPU_FEATURES_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h
index 554e2d29965d..7dc0db8b9426 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ enum cpu_type_enum {
 #define MIPS_CPU_VINT		0x00080000 /* CPU supports MIPSR2 vectored interrupts */
 #define MIPS_CPU_VEIC		0x00100000 /* CPU supports MIPSR2 external interrupt controller mode */
 #define MIPS_CPU_ULRI		0x00200000 /* CPU has ULRI feature */
-#define MIPS_CPU_RIXI		0x00400000 /* CPU has TLB Read/eXec Inhibit */
+#define MIPS_CPU_PCI		0x00400000 /* CPU has Perf Ctr Int indicator */
+#define MIPS_CPU_RIXI		0x00800000 /* CPU has TLB Read/eXec Inhibit */
 
 /*
  * CPU ASE encodings
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
index 528fda1e957c..04d7560dfafb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@
 #define  CAUSEF_IP7		(_ULCAST_(1)   << 15)
 #define  CAUSEB_IV		23
 #define  CAUSEF_IV		(_ULCAST_(1)   << 23)
+#define  CAUSEB_PCI		26
+#define  CAUSEF_PCI		(_ULCAST_(1)   << 26)
 #define  CAUSEB_CE		28
 #define  CAUSEF_CE		(_ULCAST_(3)   << 28)
 #define  CAUSEB_TI		30
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index bc58bd10a607..bd2809698e39 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -1194,8 +1194,11 @@ __cpuinit void cpu_probe(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (cpu_has_mips_r2)
+	if (cpu_has_mips_r2) {
 		c->srsets = ((read_c0_srsctl() >> 26) & 0x0f) + 1;
+		/* R2 has Performance Counter Interrupt indicator */
+		c->options |= MIPS_CPU_PCI;
+	}
 	else
 		c->srsets = 1;
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
index 8451f04627d8..4ee111142aad 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ static int mipsxx_pmu_handle_shared_irq(void)
 	int handled = IRQ_NONE;
 	struct pt_regs *regs;
 
-	if (cpu_has_mips_r2 && !(read_c0_cause() & (1 << 26)))
+	if (cpu_has_perf_cntr_intr_bit && !(read_c0_cause() & CAUSEF_PCI))
 		return handled;
 	/*
 	 * First we pause the local counters, so that when we are locked