diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index 3605f77ad4df1..11852e05ee32a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static inline int armv8pmu_counter_has_overflowed(u32 pmnc, int idx)
 	return pmnc & BIT(ARMV8_IDX_TO_COUNTER(idx));
 }
 
-static inline u32 armv8pmu_read_evcntr(int idx)
+static inline u64 armv8pmu_read_evcntr(int idx)
 {
 	u32 counter = ARMV8_IDX_TO_COUNTER(idx);