diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 1cbf57dc2ac89c19eac7148dc36f88bd60ea0f76..8e108ea378e3f650217edb09aa27af56d8929463 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -2208,17 +2208,12 @@ static void x86_pmu_event_unmapped(struct perf_event *event, struct mm_struct *m
 
 static int x86_pmu_event_idx(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	int idx = event->hw.idx;
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 
-	if (!(event->hw.flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_RDPMC_ALLOWED))
+	if (!(hwc->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_RDPMC_ALLOWED))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed && idx >= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED) {
-		idx -= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
-		idx |= 1 << 30;
-	}
-
-	return idx + 1;
+	return hwc->event_base_rdpmc + 1;
 }
 
 static ssize_t get_attr_rdpmc(struct device *cdev,