diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h
index ff39290965af..3d7e30bc9ffb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pmu.h
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ struct pmu_hw_events {
 	/*
 	 * The events that are active on the PMU for the given index.
 	 */
-	struct perf_event	**events;
+	struct perf_event	*events[ARMPMU_MAX_HWEVENTS];
 
 	/*
 	 * A 1 bit for an index indicates that the counter is being used for
 	 * an event. A 0 means that the counter can be used.
 	 */
-	unsigned long           *used_mask;
+	DECLARE_BITMAP(used_mask, ARMPMU_MAX_HWEVENTS);
 
 	/*
 	 * Hardware lock to serialize accesses to PMU registers. Needed for the
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index 7ffb267fb628..864810713cfc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -275,14 +275,12 @@ validate_group(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct perf_event *sibling, *leader = event->group_leader;
 	struct pmu_hw_events fake_pmu;
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(fake_used_mask, ARMPMU_MAX_HWEVENTS);
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialise the fake PMU. We only need to populate the
 	 * used_mask for the purposes of validation.
 	 */
-	memset(fake_used_mask, 0, sizeof(fake_used_mask));
-	fake_pmu.used_mask = fake_used_mask;
+	memset(&fake_pmu.used_mask, 0, sizeof(fake_pmu.used_mask));
 
 	if (!validate_event(&fake_pmu, leader))
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
index 7677d73cccc8..28d04642fa33 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 static struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu;
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct arm_pmu *, percpu_pmu);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event * [ARMPMU_MAX_HWEVENTS], hw_events);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long [BITS_TO_LONGS(ARMPMU_MAX_HWEVENTS)], used_mask);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pmu_hw_events, cpu_hw_events);
 
 /*
@@ -172,8 +170,6 @@ static void cpu_pmu_init(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu)
 	int cpu;
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct pmu_hw_events *events = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
-		events->events = per_cpu(hw_events, cpu);
-		events->used_mask = per_cpu(used_mask, cpu);
 		raw_spin_lock_init(&events->pmu_lock);
 		per_cpu(percpu_pmu, cpu) = cpu_pmu;
 	}