diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index ef74c9d05f8227..f63360be22387d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -205,7 +205,11 @@ static struct extra_reg intel_skl_extra_regs[] __read_mostly = {
 	INTEL_UEVENT_EXTRA_REG(0x01b7, MSR_OFFCORE_RSP_0, 0x3fffff8fffull, RSP_0),
 	INTEL_UEVENT_EXTRA_REG(0x01bb, MSR_OFFCORE_RSP_1, 0x3fffff8fffull, RSP_1),
 	INTEL_UEVENT_PEBS_LDLAT_EXTRA_REG(0x01cd),
-	INTEL_UEVENT_EXTRA_REG(0x01c6, MSR_PEBS_FRONTEND, 0x3fff17, FE),
+	/*
+	 * Note the low 8 bits eventsel code is not a continuous field, containing
+	 * some #GPing bits. These are masked out.
+	 */
+	INTEL_UEVENT_EXTRA_REG(0x01c6, MSR_PEBS_FRONTEND, 0x7fff17, FE),
 	EVENT_EXTRA_END
 };