diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
index 3769ac822f96b09a64548f0a43fa6a6cf7dac82a..d3d7b59841e5bf913f008c4d55ad331ea927f8c4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ static inline int p4_pmu_clear_cccr_ovf(struct hw_perf_event *hwc)
 	 * the counter has reached zero value and continued counting before
 	 * real NMI signal was received:
 	 */
+	rdmsrl(hwc->event_base, v);
 	if (!(v & ARCH_P4_UNFLAGGED_BIT))
 		return 1;