diff --git a/drivers/bus/arm-ccn.c b/drivers/bus/arm-ccn.c
index 6f550d9e7a2d..a60f26400705 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/arm-ccn.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/arm-ccn.c
@@ -586,6 +586,30 @@ static int arm_ccn_pmu_type_eq(u32 a, u32 b)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void arm_ccn_pmu_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	struct arm_ccn *ccn = pmu_to_arm_ccn(event->pmu);
+	struct hw_perf_event *hw = &event->hw;
+
+	if (hw->idx == CCN_IDX_PMU_CYCLE_COUNTER) {
+		clear_bit(CCN_IDX_PMU_CYCLE_COUNTER, ccn->dt.pmu_counters_mask);
+	} else {
+		struct arm_ccn_component *source =
+				ccn->dt.pmu_counters[hw->idx].source;
+
+		if (CCN_CONFIG_TYPE(event->attr.config) == CCN_TYPE_XP &&
+				CCN_CONFIG_EVENT(event->attr.config) ==
+				CCN_EVENT_WATCHPOINT)
+			clear_bit(hw->config_base, source->xp.dt_cmp_mask);
+		else
+			clear_bit(hw->config_base, source->pmu_events_mask);
+		clear_bit(hw->idx, ccn->dt.pmu_counters_mask);
+	}
+
+	ccn->dt.pmu_counters[hw->idx].source = NULL;
+	ccn->dt.pmu_counters[hw->idx].event = NULL;
+}
+
 static int arm_ccn_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct arm_ccn *ccn;
@@ -599,6 +623,7 @@ static int arm_ccn_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	ccn = pmu_to_arm_ccn(event->pmu);
+	event->destroy = arm_ccn_pmu_event_destroy;
 
 	if (hw->sample_period) {
 		dev_warn(ccn->dev, "Sampling not supported!\n");
@@ -731,30 +756,6 @@ static int arm_ccn_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void arm_ccn_pmu_event_free(struct perf_event *event)
-{
-	struct arm_ccn *ccn = pmu_to_arm_ccn(event->pmu);
-	struct hw_perf_event *hw = &event->hw;
-
-	if (hw->idx == CCN_IDX_PMU_CYCLE_COUNTER) {
-		clear_bit(CCN_IDX_PMU_CYCLE_COUNTER, ccn->dt.pmu_counters_mask);
-	} else {
-		struct arm_ccn_component *source =
-				ccn->dt.pmu_counters[hw->idx].source;
-
-		if (CCN_CONFIG_TYPE(event->attr.config) == CCN_TYPE_XP &&
-				CCN_CONFIG_EVENT(event->attr.config) ==
-				CCN_EVENT_WATCHPOINT)
-			clear_bit(hw->config_base, source->xp.dt_cmp_mask);
-		else
-			clear_bit(hw->config_base, source->pmu_events_mask);
-		clear_bit(hw->idx, ccn->dt.pmu_counters_mask);
-	}
-
-	ccn->dt.pmu_counters[hw->idx].source = NULL;
-	ccn->dt.pmu_counters[hw->idx].event = NULL;
-}
-
 static u64 arm_ccn_pmu_read_counter(struct arm_ccn *ccn, int idx)
 {
 	u64 res;
@@ -1027,8 +1028,6 @@ static int arm_ccn_pmu_event_add(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 static void arm_ccn_pmu_event_del(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 {
 	arm_ccn_pmu_event_stop(event, PERF_EF_UPDATE);
-
-	arm_ccn_pmu_event_free(event);
 }
 
 static void arm_ccn_pmu_event_read(struct perf_event *event)