* disabled state if called consecutively.
  *
  * During consecutive calls, the same disable value will be written to related
- * registers, so the PMU state remains unchanged. hw.state in
- * intel_bts_disable_local will remain PERF_HES_STOPPED too in consecutive
- * calls.
+ * registers, so the PMU state remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * intel_bts events don't coexist with intel PMU's BTS events because of
+ * x86_add_exclusive(x86_lbr_exclusive_lbr); there's no need to keep them
+ * disabled around intel PMU's event batching etc, only inside the PMI handler.
  */
 static void __intel_pmu_disable_all(void)
 {
 
        if (test_bit(INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS, cpuc->active_mask))
                intel_pmu_disable_bts();
-       else
-               intel_bts_disable_local();
 
        intel_pmu_pebs_disable_all();
 }
                        return;
 
                intel_pmu_enable_bts(event->hw.config);
-       } else
-               intel_bts_enable_local();
+       }
 }
 
 static void intel_pmu_enable_all(int added)
         */
        if (!x86_pmu.late_ack)
                apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI);
+       intel_bts_disable_local();
        __intel_pmu_disable_all();
        handled = intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer();
        handled += intel_bts_interrupt();
        /* Only restore PMU state when it's active. See x86_pmu_disable(). */
        if (cpuc->enabled)
                __intel_pmu_enable_all(0, true);
+       intel_bts_enable_local();
 
        /*
         * Only unmask the NMI after the overflow counters