hrtimer_init(&hwc->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
        hwc->hrtimer.function = perf_swevent_hrtimer;
        if (hwc->sample_period) {
-               u64 period;
+               s64 period = local64_read(&hwc->period_left);
 
-               if (hwc->remaining) {
-                       if (hwc->remaining < 0)
+               if (period) {
+                       if (period < 0)
                                period = 10000;
-                       else
-                               period = hwc->remaining;
-                       hwc->remaining = 0;
+
+                       local64_set(&hwc->period_left, 0);
                } else {
                        period = max_t(u64, 10000, hwc->sample_period);
                }
 
        if (hwc->sample_period) {
                ktime_t remaining = hrtimer_get_remaining(&hwc->hrtimer);
-               hwc->remaining = ktime_to_ns(remaining);
+               local64_set(&hwc->period_left, ktime_to_ns(remaining));
 
                hrtimer_cancel(&hwc->hrtimer);
        }