if (!x86_perf_event_set_period(event))
                        continue;
 
-               if (has_branch_stack(event))
-                       perf_sample_save_brstack(&data, event, &cpuc->lbr_stack, NULL);
+               perf_sample_save_brstack(&data, event, &cpuc->lbr_stack, NULL);
 
                if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
                        x86_pmu_stop(event, 0);
 
 
                perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, event->hw.last_period);
 
-               if (has_branch_stack(event))
-                       perf_sample_save_brstack(&data, event, &cpuc->lbr_stack, NULL);
+               perf_sample_save_brstack(&data, event, &cpuc->lbr_stack, NULL);
 
                if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
                        x86_pmu_stop(event, 0);
 
        if (x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_format >= 3)
                setup_pebs_time(event, data, pebs->tsc);
 
-       if (has_branch_stack(event))
-               perf_sample_save_brstack(data, event, &cpuc->lbr_stack, NULL);
+       perf_sample_save_brstack(data, event, &cpuc->lbr_stack, NULL);
 }
 
 static void adaptive_pebs_save_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
        data->sample_flags |= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW;
 }
 
+static inline bool has_branch_stack(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+       return event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
+}
+
 static inline void perf_sample_save_brstack(struct perf_sample_data *data,
                                            struct perf_event *event,
                                            struct perf_branch_stack *brs,
 {
        int size = sizeof(u64); /* nr */
 
+       if (!has_branch_stack(event))
+               return;
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK))
+               return;
+
        if (branch_sample_hw_index(event))
                size += sizeof(u64);
        size += brs->nr * sizeof(struct perf_branch_entry);
 # define perf_arch_guest_misc_flags(regs)      perf_arch_guest_misc_flags(regs)
 #endif
 
-static inline bool has_branch_stack(struct perf_event *event)
-{
-       return event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
-}
-
 static inline bool needs_branch_stack(struct perf_event *event)
 {
        return event->attr.branch_sample_type != 0;