diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 9c537896d94af3..5319da69108130 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5660,6 +5660,7 @@ static void perf_swevent_init_hrtimer(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	hrtimer_init(&hwc->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	hwc->hrtimer.function = perf_swevent_hrtimer;
+	hwc->hrtimer.irqsafe = 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Since hrtimers have a fixed rate, we can do a static freq->period