diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/uncore.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/uncore.c
index a6ea07f2aa84..4d867a752f0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/amd/uncore.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/uncore.c
@@ -190,15 +190,12 @@ static int amd_uncore_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	/*
 	 * NB and Last level cache counters (MSRs) are shared across all cores
-	 * that share the same NB / Last level cache. Interrupts can be directed
-	 * to a single target core, however, event counts generated by processes
-	 * running on other cores cannot be masked out. So we do not support
-	 * sampling and per-thread events.
+	 * that share the same NB / Last level cache.  On family 16h and below,
+	 * Interrupts can be directed to a single target core, however, event
+	 * counts generated by processes running on other cores cannot be masked
+	 * out. So we do not support sampling and per-thread events via
+	 * CAP_NO_INTERRUPT, and we do not enable counter overflow interrupts:
 	 */
-	if (is_sampling_event(event) || event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* and we do not enable counter overflow interrupts */
 	hwc->config = event->attr.config & AMD64_RAW_EVENT_MASK_NB;
 	hwc->idx = -1;
 
@@ -306,7 +303,7 @@ static struct pmu amd_nb_pmu = {
 	.start		= amd_uncore_start,
 	.stop		= amd_uncore_stop,
 	.read		= amd_uncore_read,
-	.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE,
+	.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE | PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT,
 };
 
 static struct pmu amd_llc_pmu = {
@@ -317,7 +314,7 @@ static struct pmu amd_llc_pmu = {
 	.start		= amd_uncore_start,
 	.stop		= amd_uncore_stop,
 	.read		= amd_uncore_read,
-	.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE,
+	.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE | PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT,
 };
 
 static struct amd_uncore *amd_uncore_alloc(unsigned int cpu)