diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 5ed7a4c5baf7..1025f3c99d20 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ static void release_pmc_hardware(void) {}
 
 static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 {
-	u64 val, val_new = ~0;
-	int i, reg, ret = 0;
+	u64 val, val_fail, val_new= ~0;
+	int i, reg, reg_fail, ret = 0;
+	int bios_fail = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check to see if the BIOS enabled any of the counters, if so
@@ -192,8 +193,11 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 		ret = rdmsrl_safe(reg, &val);
 		if (ret)
 			goto msr_fail;
-		if (val & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE)
-			goto bios_fail;
+		if (val & ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE) {
+			bios_fail = 1;
+			val_fail = val;
+			reg_fail = reg;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed) {
@@ -202,8 +206,11 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 		if (ret)
 			goto msr_fail;
 		for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed; i++) {
-			if (val & (0x03 << i*4))
-				goto bios_fail;
+			if (val & (0x03 << i*4)) {
+				bios_fail = 1;
+				val_fail = val;
+				reg_fail = reg;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -221,14 +228,13 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 	if (ret || val != val_new)
 		goto msr_fail;
 
-	return true;
-
-bios_fail:
 	/*
 	 * We still allow the PMU driver to operate:
 	 */
-	printk(KERN_CONT "Broken BIOS detected, complain to your hardware vendor.\n");
-	printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG "the BIOS has corrupted hw-PMU resources (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val);
+	if (bios_fail) {
+		printk(KERN_CONT "Broken BIOS detected, complain to your hardware vendor.\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG "the BIOS has corrupted hw-PMU resources (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg_fail, val_fail);
+	}
 
 	return true;