diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index 1984e739f155..86249a24592d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -824,6 +824,12 @@ static int armv8pmu_set_event_filter(struct hw_perf_event *event,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int armv8pmu_filter_match(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	unsigned long evtype = event->hw.config_base & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT;
+	return evtype != ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CHAIN;
+}
+
 static void armv8pmu_reset(void *info)
 {
 	struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu = (struct arm_pmu *)info;
@@ -970,6 +976,7 @@ static int armv8_pmu_init(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu)
 	cpu_pmu->reset			= armv8pmu_reset,
 	cpu_pmu->max_period		= (1LLU << 32) - 1,
 	cpu_pmu->set_event_filter	= armv8pmu_set_event_filter;
+	cpu_pmu->filter_match		= armv8pmu_filter_match;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index d14fc2e67f93..5e06917b4cef 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -483,7 +483,13 @@ static int armpmu_filter_match(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct arm_pmu *armpmu = to_arm_pmu(event->pmu);
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	return cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &armpmu->supported_cpus);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &armpmu->supported_cpus);
+	if (ret && armpmu->filter_match)
+		return armpmu->filter_match(event);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static ssize_t armpmu_cpumask_show(struct device *dev,
diff --git a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
index af0f44effd44..251bc43fdcfc 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct arm_pmu {
 	void		(*stop)(struct arm_pmu *);
 	void		(*reset)(void *);
 	int		(*map_event)(struct perf_event *event);
+	int		(*filter_match)(struct perf_event *event);
 	int		num_events;
 	u64		max_period;
 	bool		secure_access; /* 32-bit ARM only */