diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index eed3673a8656..632e5dc9c9c0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -586,8 +586,12 @@ static int x86_setup_perfctr(struct perf_event *event)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not allow config1 (extended registers) to propagate,
+	 * there's no sane user-space generalization yet:
+	 */
 	if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_RAW)
-		return x86_pmu_extra_regs(event->attr.config, event);
+		return 0;
 
 	if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE)
 		return set_ext_hw_attr(hwc, event);