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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/events/core.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 0f3d01562ded..cb5cfef3a938 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1326,11 +1326,11 @@ int x86_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event)
wrmsrl(hwc->event_base, (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.cntval_mask);
/*
- * Clear the Merge event counter's upper 16 bits since
+ * Sign extend the Merge event counter's upper 16 bits since
* we currently declare a 48-bit counter width
*/
if (is_counter_pair(hwc))
- wrmsrl(x86_pmu_event_addr(idx + 1), 0);
+ wrmsrl(x86_pmu_event_addr(idx + 1), 0xffff);
/*
* Due to erratum on certan cpu we need