diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 682ef00727e7..cd6115867fb8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -784,6 +784,9 @@ int x86_schedule_events(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc, int n, int *assign)
 
 	bitmap_zero(used_mask, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX);
 
+	if (x86_pmu.start_scheduling)
+		x86_pmu.start_scheduling(cpuc);
+
 	for (i = 0, wmin = X86_PMC_IDX_MAX, wmax = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		hwc = &cpuc->event_list[i]->hw;
 		c = x86_pmu.get_event_constraints(cpuc, cpuc->event_list[i]);
@@ -830,6 +833,8 @@ int x86_schedule_events(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc, int n, int *assign)
 		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 			e = cpuc->event_list[i];
 			e->hw.flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_COMMITTED;
+			if (x86_pmu.commit_scheduling)
+				x86_pmu.commit_scheduling(cpuc, e, assign[i]);
 		}
 	}
 	/*
@@ -850,6 +855,10 @@ int x86_schedule_events(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc, int n, int *assign)
 				x86_pmu.put_event_constraints(cpuc, e);
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (x86_pmu.stop_scheduling)
+		x86_pmu.stop_scheduling(cpuc);
+
 	return num ? -EINVAL : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
index 55b915511e53..ea27e63fc945 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -460,6 +460,15 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 
 	void		(*put_event_constraints)(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc,
 						 struct perf_event *event);
+
+	void		(*commit_scheduling)(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc,
+					     struct perf_event *event,
+					     int cntr);
+
+	void		(*start_scheduling)(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc);
+
+	void		(*stop_scheduling)(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc);
+
 	struct event_constraint *event_constraints;
 	struct x86_pmu_quirk *quirks;
 	int		perfctr_second_write;