diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
index 8143cd7cdbfbe62a7f6568f4fc1767f31d499997..0dae252f7a33b10ecb0d4e6a9fe77b8e5556fb14 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -685,6 +685,10 @@ static int alpha_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	/* does not support taken branch sampling */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	switch (event->attr.type) {
 	case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
 	case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index 5bb91bf3d47f24c9c6fb75324535c39e54b2c62e..a23c42abc6947d29bae28b4399d570e288447862 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ static int armpmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	int err = 0;
 	atomic_t *active_events = &armpmu->active_events;
 
+	/* does not support taken branch sampling */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (armpmu->map_event(event) == -ENOENT)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
index e3b897acfbc04b3db1cbd29a37a423ccca4df815..811084f4e4220910d83314c843af969ef5425b72 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/perf_event_mipsxx.c
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ static int mipspmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
+	/* does not support taken branch sampling */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	switch (event->attr.type) {
 	case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
 	case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
index f04c2301725e843e24d1c0a81b9962bc6d6de2f2..c2e27ede07ec8afb138fbaac31b736ea96b6ddc1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1084,6 +1084,10 @@ static int power_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (!ppmu)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/* does not support taken branch sampling */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	switch (event->attr.type) {
 	case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
 		ev = event->attr.config;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
index 10b14e3a7eb8142bd88a81ddd9c3a9cb96941a36..068b8a2759b5208bf0067cee27b9b3a6559263cb 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ static int sh_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	/* does not support taken branch sampling */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	switch (event->attr.type) {
 	case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
 	case PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE:
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 614da624330c5057b9ad4d4b6a77ca1c51e4e123..8e16a4a21582073bd1f2edc21d33efafb8f7e2fa 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,10 @@ static int sparc_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (atomic_read(&nmi_active) < 0)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	/* does not support taken branch sampling */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	switch (attr->type) {
 	case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
 		if (attr->config >= sparc_pmu->max_events)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
index 67250a52430bfd9a3d0cf89fa38408d0e8cd793a..dd002faff7a65156fc5dccec44b052331d0d5c81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ static int amd_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (event->attr.exclude_host && event->attr.exclude_guest)
 		/*
 		 * When HO == GO == 1 the hardware treats that as GO == HO == 0
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 5820efdf47cddaf62123d5eca985c07474faa710..242bb51c67f26759b2a7c62e9b98f64524f4281c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5044,6 +5044,12 @@ static int perf_swevent_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/*
+	 * no branch sampling for software events
+	 */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	switch (event_id) {
 	case PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK:
 	case PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK:
@@ -5154,6 +5160,12 @@ static int perf_tp_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/*
+	 * no branch sampling for tracepoint events
+	 */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	err = perf_trace_init(event);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -5379,6 +5391,12 @@ static int cpu_clock_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->attr.config != PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/*
+	 * no branch sampling for software events
+	 */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	perf_swevent_init_hrtimer(event);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -5453,6 +5471,12 @@ static int task_clock_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->attr.config != PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/*
+	 * no branch sampling for software events
+	 */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	perf_swevent_init_hrtimer(event);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index 3330022a7ac1123f87939daab6a7b4b589accd80..bb38c4d3ee129ab06c1b46dc295ca6864c39c416 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ static int hw_breakpoint_event_init(struct perf_event *bp)
 	if (bp->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/*
+	 * no branch sampling for breakpoint events
+	 */
+	if (has_branch_stack(bp))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	err = register_perf_hw_breakpoint(bp);
 	if (err)
 		return err;