diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index a1dfe895cb1d..316c4dcc9856 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -235,20 +235,15 @@ armpmu_add(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 	struct pmu_hw_events *hw_events = this_cpu_ptr(armpmu->hw_events);
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	int idx;
-	int err = 0;
 
 	/* An event following a process won't be stopped earlier */
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &armpmu->supported_cpus))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	perf_pmu_disable(event->pmu);
-
 	/* If we don't have a space for the counter then finish early. */
 	idx = armpmu->get_event_idx(hw_events, event);
-	if (idx < 0) {
-		err = idx;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (idx < 0)
+		return idx;
 
 	/*
 	 * If there is an event in the counter we are going to use then make
@@ -265,9 +260,7 @@ armpmu_add(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 	/* Propagate our changes to the userspace mapping. */
 	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 
-out:
-	perf_pmu_enable(event->pmu);
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int