diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1cf24b3e42ec..f9c1ed002dbc 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -3717,6 +3718,26 @@ static long perf_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+static long perf_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+				unsigned long arg)
+{
+	switch (_IOC_NR(cmd)) {
+	case _IOC_NR(PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER):
+	case _IOC_NR(PERF_EVENT_IOC_ID):
+		/* Fix up pointer size (usually 4 -> 8 in 32-on-64-bit case */
+		if (_IOC_SIZE(cmd) == sizeof(compat_uptr_t)) {
+			cmd &= ~IOCSIZE_MASK;
+			cmd |= sizeof(void *) << IOCSIZE_SHIFT;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	return perf_ioctl(file, cmd, arg);
+}
+#else
+# define perf_compat_ioctl NULL
+#endif
+
 int perf_event_task_enable(void)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event;
@@ -4222,7 +4243,7 @@ static const struct file_operations perf_fops = {
 	.read			= perf_read,
 	.poll			= perf_poll,
 	.unlocked_ioctl		= perf_ioctl,
-	.compat_ioctl		= perf_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl		= perf_compat_ioctl,
 	.mmap			= perf_mmap,
 	.fasync			= perf_fasync,
 };