diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.c
index 964437adec18..2848904df638 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/isa207-common.c
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@ int isa207_get_constraint(u64 event, unsigned long *maskp, unsigned long *valp)
 
 		mask  |= CNST_PMC_MASK(pmc);
 		value |= CNST_PMC_VAL(pmc);
+
+		/*
+		 * PMC5 and PMC6 are used to count cycles and instructions and
+		 * they do not support most of the constraint bits. Add a check
+		 * to exclude PMC5/6 from most of the constraints except for
+		 * EBB/BHRB.
+		 */
+		if (pmc >= 5)
+			goto ebb_bhrb;
 	}
 
 	if (pmc <= 4) {
@@ -357,6 +366,7 @@ int isa207_get_constraint(u64 event, unsigned long *maskp, unsigned long *valp)
 		}
 	}
 
+ebb_bhrb:
 	if (!pmc && ebb)
 		/* EBB events must specify the PMC */
 		return -1;