diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 00416edeceadaf1f8b68583a7c6d2e979fb2b1d3..755877527cf9b963657efcda52a15f04845ef5b8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 #define C(_x)				PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_##_x
 #define CACHE_OP_UNSUPPORTED		0xFFFF
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS
 struct pt_regs;
 extern unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern unsigned long perf_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs);
 #define perf_misc_flags(regs)	perf_misc_flags(regs)
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __ARM_PERF_EVENT_H__ */