raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&events->pmu_lock, flags);
 }
 
-static int counter_is_active(unsigned long pmcr, int idx)
-{
-       unsigned long mask = 0;
-       if (idx == ARMV6_CYCLE_COUNTER)
-               mask = ARMV6_PMCR_CCOUNT_IEN;
-       else if (idx == ARMV6_COUNTER0)
-               mask = ARMV6_PMCR_COUNT0_IEN;
-       else if (idx == ARMV6_COUNTER1)
-               mask = ARMV6_PMCR_COUNT1_IEN;
-
-       if (mask)
-               return pmcr & mask;
-
-       WARN_ONCE(1, "invalid counter number (%d)\n", idx);
-       return 0;
-}
-
 static irqreturn_t
 armv6pmu_handle_irq(int irq_num,
                    void *dev)
                struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[idx];
                struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 
-               if (!counter_is_active(pmcr, idx))
+               /* Ignore if we don't have an event. */
+               if (!event)
                        continue;
 
                /*
 
                struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[idx];
                struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 
+               /* Ignore if we don't have an event. */
+               if (!event)
+                       continue;
+
                /*
                 * We have a single interrupt for all counters. Check that
                 * each counter has overflowed before we process it.
 
                struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[idx];
                struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 
+               if (!event)
+                       continue;
+
                if (!xscale1_pmnc_counter_has_overflowed(pmnc, idx))
                        continue;
 
                struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[idx];
                struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 
+               if (!event)
+                       continue;
+
                if (!xscale2_pmnc_counter_has_overflowed(pmnc, idx))
                        continue;