diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index f526ddb50d5e050a345852f52ad55a160b9f7b28..6182cb199f7247876dcd0dfb5ff644c27890c3bd 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11288,13 +11288,16 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	struct perf_event *event;
 	struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 	long err = -EINVAL;
+	int node;
 
 	if ((unsigned)cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) {
 		if (!task || cpu != -1)
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	event = kmem_cache_zalloc(perf_event_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	node = (cpu >= 0) ? cpu_to_node(cpu) : -1;
+	event = kmem_cache_alloc_node(perf_event_cache, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
+				      node);
 	if (!event)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);