diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index cadf99923600..ab04751a12b6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -2196,6 +2196,19 @@ void perf_check_microcode(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_check_microcode);
 
+static int x86_pmu_check_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 value)
+{
+	if (x86_pmu.check_period && x86_pmu.check_period(event, value))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (value && x86_pmu.limit_period) {
+		if (x86_pmu.limit_period(event, value) > value)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct pmu pmu = {
 	.pmu_enable		= x86_pmu_enable,
 	.pmu_disable		= x86_pmu_disable,
@@ -2220,6 +2233,7 @@ static struct pmu pmu = {
 	.event_idx		= x86_pmu_event_idx,
 	.sched_task		= x86_pmu_sched_task,
 	.task_ctx_size          = sizeof(struct x86_perf_task_context),
+	.check_period		= x86_pmu_check_period,
 };
 
 void arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event,
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index f600ab601e00..f0639c8ebcb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -3262,6 +3262,11 @@ static void intel_pmu_sched_task(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
 		intel_pmu_lbr_sched_task(ctx, sched_in);
 }
 
+static int intel_pmu_check_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 value)
+{
+	return intel_pmu_has_bts_period(event, value) ? -EINVAL : 0;
+}
+
 PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(offcore_rsp, "config1:0-63");
 
 PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(ldlat, "config1:0-15");
@@ -3328,6 +3333,8 @@ static __initconst const struct x86_pmu core_pmu = {
 	.cpu_starting		= intel_pmu_cpu_starting,
 	.cpu_dying		= intel_pmu_cpu_dying,
 	.cpu_dead		= intel_pmu_cpu_dead,
+
+	.check_period		= intel_pmu_check_period,
 };
 
 static __initconst const struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
@@ -3367,6 +3374,8 @@ static __initconst const struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
 
 	.guest_get_msrs		= intel_guest_get_msrs,
 	.sched_task		= intel_pmu_sched_task,
+
+	.check_period		= intel_pmu_check_period,
 };
 
 static __init void intel_clovertown_quirk(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index 7ace39c51ff7..5c21680b0a69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -626,6 +626,11 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 	 * Intel host/guest support (KVM)
 	 */
 	struct perf_guest_switch_msr *(*guest_get_msrs)(int *nr);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check period value for PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD ioctl.
+	 */
+	int (*check_period) (struct perf_event *event, u64 period);
 };
 
 struct x86_perf_task_context {
@@ -833,7 +838,7 @@ static inline int amd_pmu_init(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL
 
-static inline bool intel_pmu_has_bts(struct perf_event *event)
+static inline bool intel_pmu_has_bts_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 period)
 {
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	unsigned int hw_event, bts_event;
@@ -844,7 +849,14 @@ static inline bool intel_pmu_has_bts(struct perf_event *event)
 	hw_event = hwc->config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK;
 	bts_event = x86_pmu.event_map(PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS);
 
-	return hw_event == bts_event && hwc->sample_period == 1;
+	return hw_event == bts_event && period == 1;
+}
+
+static inline bool intel_pmu_has_bts(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
+
+	return intel_pmu_has_bts_period(event, hwc->sample_period);
 }
 
 int intel_pmu_save_and_restart(struct perf_event *event);
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 78ed8105e64d..ae8ecf821019 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ struct pmu {
 	 * Filter events for PMU-specific reasons.
 	 */
 	int (*filter_match)		(struct perf_event *event); /* optional */
+
+	/*
+	 * Check period value for PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD ioctl.
+	 */
+	int (*check_period)		(struct perf_event *event, u64 value); /* optional */
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1af0bbf20984..17339506f9f8 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4600,6 +4600,11 @@ static void __perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event,
 	}
 }
 
+static int perf_event_check_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 value)
+{
+	return event->pmu->check_period(event, value);
+}
+
 static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
 {
 	u64 value;
@@ -4616,6 +4621,9 @@ static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
 	if (event->attr.freq && value > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (perf_event_check_period(event, value))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	event_function_call(event, __perf_event_period, &value);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -8622,6 +8630,11 @@ static int perf_pmu_nop_int(struct pmu *pmu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int perf_event_nop_int(struct perf_event *event, u64 value)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nop_txn_flags);
 
 static void perf_pmu_start_txn(struct pmu *pmu, unsigned int flags)
@@ -8944,6 +8957,9 @@ got_cpu_context:
 		pmu->pmu_disable = perf_pmu_nop_void;
 	}
 
+	if (!pmu->check_period)
+		pmu->check_period = perf_event_nop_int;
+
 	if (!pmu->event_idx)
 		pmu->event_idx = perf_event_idx_default;