diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
index 4315bc9..f8f7240 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
@@ -136,3 +136,9 @@ extern ssize_t power_events_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,
 
 #define	POWER_EVENT_ATTR(_name, _id)	EVENT_ATTR(PM_##_name, _id, _p)
 #define	POWER_EVENT_PTR(_id)		EVENT_PTR(_id, _p)
+
+/*
+ * Format of a perf event is the same on all POWER cpus. Declare a
+ * common sysfs attribute group that individual POWER cpus can share.
+ */
+extern struct attribute_group power_pmu_format_group;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index fa476d5..4ae044b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -1315,6 +1315,18 @@ ssize_t power_events_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(page, "event=0x%02llx\n", pmu_attr->id);
 }
 
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(event, "config:0-20");
+
+static struct attribute *power_pmu_format_attr[] = {
+	&format_attr_event.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+struct attribute_group power_pmu_format_group = {
+	.name = "format",
+	.attrs = power_pmu_format_attr,
+};
+
 struct pmu power_pmu = {
 	.pmu_enable	= power_pmu_enable,
 	.pmu_disable	= power_pmu_disable,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
index 5627940..5fb3c9b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ static struct attribute_group power7_pmu_events_group = {
 };
 
 static const struct attribute_group *power7_pmu_attr_groups[] = {
+	&power_pmu_format_group,
 	&power7_pmu_events_group,
 	NULL,
 };