diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 1eb45139fcc6e..3092fbf9dbe4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -2489,13 +2489,15 @@ void perf_clear_dirty_counters(void)
 		return;
 
 	for_each_set_bit(i, cpuc->dirty, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) {
-		/* Metrics and fake events don't have corresponding HW counters. */
-		if (is_metric_idx(i) || (i == INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_VLBR))
-			continue;
-		else if (i >= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED)
+		if (i >= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED) {
+			/* Metrics and fake events don't have corresponding HW counters. */
+			if ((i - INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED) >= hybrid(cpuc->pmu, num_counters_fixed))
+				continue;
+
 			wrmsrl(MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + (i - INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED), 0);
-		else
+		} else {
 			wrmsrl(x86_pmu_event_addr(i), 0);
+		}
 	}
 
 	bitmap_zero(cpuc->dirty, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX);