diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 15533b792397..c61a7949387f 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1198,6 +1198,7 @@ void update_process_times(int user_tick)
 	run_local_timers();
 	rcu_check_callbacks(cpu, user_tick);
 	printk_tick();
+	perf_event_do_pending();
 	scheduler_tick();
 	run_posix_cpu_timers(p);
 }
@@ -1209,8 +1210,6 @@ static void run_timer_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
 	struct tvec_base *base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
 
-	perf_event_do_pending();
-
 	hrtimer_run_pending();
 
 	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->timer_jiffies))