diff --git a/arch/x86/events/Makefile b/arch/x86/events/Makefile
index f97c283ec7a2..e0a70fea7332 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/events/Makefile
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ ifdef CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD)               += amd/iommu.o
 endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL)		+= intel/core.o intel/bts.o intel/cqm.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL)		+= intel/cstate.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cstate.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/cstate.c
similarity index 99%
rename from arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cstate.c
rename to arch/x86/events/intel/cstate.c
index 75a38b5a2e26..1bbf37e8604b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/cstate.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
-#include "perf_event.h"
+#include "../../kernel/cpu/perf_event.h"
 
 #define DEFINE_CSTATE_FORMAT_ATTR(_var, _name, _format)		\
 static ssize_t __cstate_##_var##_show(struct kobject *kobj,	\
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index 64781cfcbb2b..1bc881bd91ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL)		+= perf_event_p6.o perf_event_knc.o perf_event_p4.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL)		+= perf_event_intel_lbr.o perf_event_intel_ds.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL)		+= perf_event_intel_rapl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL)		+= perf_event_intel_pt.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL)		+= perf_event_intel_cstate.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS_INTEL_UNCORE)	+= perf_event_intel_uncore.o \
 					   perf_event_intel_uncore_snb.o \