diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d345964c2bd6..d84374fa44e5 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2253,7 +2253,8 @@ static void __perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event,
 	struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader;
 	struct perf_event_context *task_ctx;
 
-	if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
+	if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE ||
+	    event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR)
 		return;
 
 	update_context_time(ctx);
@@ -2298,7 +2299,8 @@ static void _perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
-	if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
+	if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE ||
+	    event->state <  PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR) {
 		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 		return;
 	}