diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 027c4d33b4d3..98c5549c8e29 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -4917,24 +4917,26 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart perf_swevent_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 static void perf_swevent_start_hrtimer(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
+	s64 period;
+
+	if (!is_sampling_event(event))
+		return;
 
 	hrtimer_init(&hwc->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	hwc->hrtimer.function = perf_swevent_hrtimer;
-	if (is_sampling_event(event)) {
-		s64 period = local64_read(&hwc->period_left);
 
-		if (period) {
-			if (period < 0)
-				period = 10000;
+	period = local64_read(&hwc->period_left);
+	if (period) {
+		if (period < 0)
+			period = 10000;
 
-			local64_set(&hwc->period_left, 0);
-		} else {
-			period = max_t(u64, 10000, hwc->sample_period);
-		}
-		__hrtimer_start_range_ns(&hwc->hrtimer,
+		local64_set(&hwc->period_left, 0);
+	} else {
+		period = max_t(u64, 10000, hwc->sample_period);
+	}
+	__hrtimer_start_range_ns(&hwc->hrtimer,
 				ns_to_ktime(period), 0,
 				HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED, 0);
-	}
 }
 
 static void perf_swevent_cancel_hrtimer(struct perf_event *event)