diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
index 8ccd4e15576..0ea0639fcf7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ struct pt_regs;
 extern unsigned long perf_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
+#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET	1
+
 /*
  * Only override the default definitions in include/linux/perf_counter.h
  * if we have hardware PMU support.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h
index 5fb33e160ea..fa64e401589 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ union cpuid10_edx {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
 extern void init_hw_perf_counters(void);
 extern void perf_counters_lapic_init(void);
+
+#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET			0
+
 #else
 static inline void init_hw_perf_counters(void)		{ }
 static inline void perf_counters_lapic_init(void)	{ }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
index a310d19faca..b83474b6021 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -912,6 +912,8 @@ x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
 	err = checking_wrmsrl(hwc->counter_base + idx,
 			     (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.counter_mask);
 
+	perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1034,6 +1036,8 @@ try_generic:
 	x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
 	x86_pmu.enable(hwc, idx);
 
+	perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1126,6 +1130,8 @@ static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
 	x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
 	cpuc->counters[idx] = NULL;
 	clear_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask);
+
+	perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 23614adab47..02994a719e2 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1753,6 +1753,14 @@ int perf_counter_task_disable(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int perf_counter_index(struct perf_counter *counter)
+{
+	if (counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
+		return 0;
+
+	return counter->hw.idx + 1 - PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET;
+}
+
 /*
  * Callers need to ensure there can be no nesting of this function, otherwise
  * the seqlock logic goes bad. We can not serialize this because the arch
@@ -1777,7 +1785,7 @@ void perf_counter_update_userpage(struct perf_counter *counter)
 	preempt_disable();
 	++userpg->lock;
 	barrier();
-	userpg->index = counter->hw.idx;
+	userpg->index = perf_counter_index(counter);
 	userpg->offset = atomic64_read(&counter->count);
 	if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
 		userpg->offset -= atomic64_read(&counter->hw.prev_count);