diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index fd126f8..451d452 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c

@@ -5403,6 +5403,7 @@ 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