diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4c39c05e029a..799bb352d99f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6640,6 +6640,7 @@ static void perf_event_namespaces_output(struct perf_event *event,
 	struct perf_namespaces_event *namespaces_event = data;
 	struct perf_output_handle handle;
 	struct perf_sample_data sample;
+	u16 header_size = namespaces_event->event_id.header.size;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!perf_event_namespaces_match(event))
@@ -6650,7 +6651,7 @@ static void perf_event_namespaces_output(struct perf_event *event,
 	ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event,
 				namespaces_event->event_id.header.size);
 	if (ret)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	namespaces_event->event_id.pid = perf_event_pid(event,
 							namespaces_event->task);
@@ -6662,6 +6663,8 @@ static void perf_event_namespaces_output(struct perf_event *event,
 	perf_event__output_id_sample(event, &handle, &sample);
 
 	perf_output_end(&handle);
+out:
+	namespaces_event->event_id.header.size = header_size;
 }
 
 static void perf_fill_ns_link_info(struct perf_ns_link_info *ns_link_info,