diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index aa2465e..a6faada 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -880,8 +880,16 @@ static int power_pmu_add(struct perf_event *event, int ef_flags)
 	cpuhw->events[n0] = event->hw.config;
 	cpuhw->flags[n0] = event->hw.event_base;
 
+	/*
+	 * If this event was disabled in record_and_restart() because we
+	 * exceeded the ->event_limit, this is probably a good time to
+	 * re-enable the event ? If we don't reenable the event, we will
+	 * never notify the user again about this event.
+	 */
 	if (!(ef_flags & PERF_EF_START))
 		event->hw.state = PERF_HES_STOPPED | PERF_HES_UPTODATE;
+	else
+		event->hw.state &= ~PERF_HES_STOPPED;
 
 	/*
 	 * If group events scheduling transaction was started,