diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 5a469d3..fa6fdec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -499,11 +499,16 @@
 	unsigned long used[BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)];
 };
 
+/* Total max is X86_PMC_IDX_MAX, but we are O(n!) limited */
+#define	SCHED_STATES_MAX	2
+
 struct perf_sched {
 	int			max_weight;
 	int			max_events;
 	struct event_constraint	**constraints;
 	struct sched_state	state;
+	int			saved_states;
+	struct sched_state	saved[SCHED_STATES_MAX];
 };
 
 /*
@@ -529,11 +534,34 @@
 	sched->state.unassigned	= num;
 }
 
+static void perf_sched_save_state(struct perf_sched *sched)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(sched->saved_states >= SCHED_STATES_MAX))
+		return;
+
+	sched->saved[sched->saved_states] = sched->state;
+	sched->saved_states++;
+}
+
+static bool perf_sched_restore_state(struct perf_sched *sched)
+{
+	if (!sched->saved_states)
+		return false;
+
+	sched->saved_states--;
+	sched->state = sched->saved[sched->saved_states];
+
+	/* continue with next counter: */
+	clear_bit(sched->state.counter++, sched->state.used);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Select a counter for the current event to schedule. Return true on
  * success.
  */
-static bool perf_sched_find_counter(struct perf_sched *sched)
+static bool __perf_sched_find_counter(struct perf_sched *sched)
 {
 	struct event_constraint *c;
 	int idx;
@@ -557,6 +585,19 @@
 	if (idx >= X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)
 		return false;
 
+	if (c->overlap)
+		perf_sched_save_state(sched);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool perf_sched_find_counter(struct perf_sched *sched)
+{
+	while (!__perf_sched_find_counter(sched)) {
+		if (!perf_sched_restore_state(sched))
+			return false;
+	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -1250,7 +1291,7 @@
 
 	unconstrained = (struct event_constraint)
 		__EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, (1ULL << x86_pmu.num_counters) - 1,
-				   0, x86_pmu.num_counters);
+				   0, x86_pmu.num_counters, 0);
 
 	if (x86_pmu.event_constraints) {
 		for_each_event_constraint(c, x86_pmu.event_constraints) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
index b9698d4..51a985c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 	u64	code;
 	u64	cmask;
 	int	weight;
+	int	overlap;
 };
 
 struct amd_nb {
@@ -151,15 +152,40 @@
 	void				*kfree_on_online;
 };
 
-#define __EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m, w) {\
+#define __EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m, w, o) {\
 	{ .idxmsk64 = (n) },		\
 	.code = (c),			\
 	.cmask = (m),			\
 	.weight = (w),			\
+	.overlap = (o),			\
 }
 
 #define EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m)	\
-	__EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m, HWEIGHT(n))
+	__EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m, HWEIGHT(n), 0)
+
+/*
+ * The overlap flag marks event constraints with overlapping counter
+ * masks. This is the case if the counter mask of such an event is not
+ * a subset of any other counter mask of a constraint with an equal or
+ * higher weight, e.g.:
+ *
+ *  c_overlaps = EVENT_CONSTRAINT_OVERLAP(0, 0x09, 0);
+ *  c_another1 = EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0x07, 0);
+ *  c_another2 = EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0x38, 0);
+ *
+ * The event scheduler may not select the correct counter in the first
+ * cycle because it needs to know which subsequent events will be
+ * scheduled. It may fail to schedule the events then. So we set the
+ * overlap flag for such constraints to give the scheduler a hint which
+ * events to select for counter rescheduling.
+ *
+ * Care must be taken as the rescheduling algorithm is O(n!) which
+ * will increase scheduling cycles for an over-commited system
+ * dramatically.  The number of such EVENT_CONSTRAINT_OVERLAP() macros
+ * and its counter masks must be kept at a minimum.
+ */
+#define EVENT_CONSTRAINT_OVERLAP(c, n, m)	\
+	__EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m, HWEIGHT(n), 1)
 
 /*
  * Constraint on the Event code.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
index aeefd45..0397b23 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 static struct event_constraint amd_f15_PMC0  = EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0x01, 0);
 static struct event_constraint amd_f15_PMC20 = EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0x07, 0);
 static struct event_constraint amd_f15_PMC3  = EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0x08, 0);
-static struct event_constraint amd_f15_PMC30 = EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0x09, 0);
+static struct event_constraint amd_f15_PMC30 = EVENT_CONSTRAINT_OVERLAP(0, 0x09, 0);
 static struct event_constraint amd_f15_PMC50 = EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0x3F, 0);
 static struct event_constraint amd_f15_PMC53 = EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0, 0x38, 0);