diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 72d06e302e99..534e01e7bc36 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2009,8 +2009,8 @@ event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
 	event->pmu->del(event, 0);
 	event->oncpu = -1;
 
-	if (event->pending_disable) {
-		event->pending_disable = 0;
+	if (READ_ONCE(event->pending_disable) >= 0) {
+		WRITE_ONCE(event->pending_disable, -1);
 		state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
 	}
 	perf_event_set_state(event, state);
@@ -2198,7 +2198,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_event_disable);
 
 void perf_event_disable_inatomic(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	event->pending_disable = 1;
+	WRITE_ONCE(event->pending_disable, smp_processor_id());
+	/* can fail, see perf_pending_event_disable() */
 	irq_work_queue(&event->pending);
 }
 
@@ -5810,10 +5811,45 @@ void perf_event_wakeup(struct perf_event *event)
 	}
 }
 
+static void perf_pending_event_disable(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	int cpu = READ_ONCE(event->pending_disable);
+
+	if (cpu < 0)
+		return;
+
+	if (cpu == smp_processor_id()) {
+		WRITE_ONCE(event->pending_disable, -1);
+		perf_event_disable_local(event);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 *  CPU-A			CPU-B
+	 *
+	 *  perf_event_disable_inatomic()
+	 *    @pending_disable = CPU-A;
+	 *    irq_work_queue();
+	 *
+	 *  sched-out
+	 *    @pending_disable = -1;
+	 *
+	 *				sched-in
+	 *				perf_event_disable_inatomic()
+	 *				  @pending_disable = CPU-B;
+	 *				  irq_work_queue(); // FAILS
+	 *
+	 *  irq_work_run()
+	 *    perf_pending_event()
+	 *
+	 * But the event runs on CPU-B and wants disabling there.
+	 */
+	irq_work_queue_on(&event->pending, cpu);
+}
+
 static void perf_pending_event(struct irq_work *entry)
 {
-	struct perf_event *event = container_of(entry,
-			struct perf_event, pending);
+	struct perf_event *event = container_of(entry, struct perf_event, pending);
 	int rctx;
 
 	rctx = perf_swevent_get_recursion_context();
@@ -5822,10 +5858,7 @@ static void perf_pending_event(struct irq_work *entry)
 	 * and we won't recurse 'further'.
 	 */
 
-	if (event->pending_disable) {
-		event->pending_disable = 0;
-		perf_event_disable_local(event);
-	}
+	perf_pending_event_disable(event);
 
 	if (event->pending_wakeup) {
 		event->pending_wakeup = 0;
@@ -10236,6 +10269,7 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&event->waitq);
+	event->pending_disable = -1;
 	init_irq_work(&event->pending, perf_pending_event);
 
 	mutex_init(&event->mmap_mutex);
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index a4047321d7d8..2545ac08cc77 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void *perf_aux_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 		 * store that will be enabled on successful return
 		 */
 		if (!handle->size) { /* A, matches D */
-			event->pending_disable = 1;
+			event->pending_disable = smp_processor_id();
 			perf_output_wakeup(handle);
 			local_set(&rb->aux_nest, 0);
 			goto err_put;
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size)
 
 	if (wakeup) {
 		if (handle->aux_flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED)
-			handle->event->pending_disable = 1;
+			handle->event->pending_disable = smp_processor_id();
 		perf_output_wakeup(handle);
 	}