diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index 10c3b890c405..265cb203d9d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -5466,7 +5466,11 @@ static void intel_pmu_check_event_constraints(struct event_constraint *event_con
 			/* Disabled fixed counters which are not in CPUID */
 			c->idxmsk64 &= intel_ctrl;
 
-			if (c->idxmsk64 != INTEL_PMC_MSK_FIXED_REF_CYCLES)
+			/*
+			 * Don't extend the pseudo-encoding to the
+			 * generic counters
+			 */
+			if (!use_fixed_pseudo_encoding(c->code))
 				c->idxmsk64 |= (1ULL << num_counters) - 1;
 		}
 		c->idxmsk64 &=
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 8fc1b5003713..a2b6626c681f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ struct x86_pmu_capability {
 #define INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_SLOTS	(INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED + 3)
 #define INTEL_PMC_MSK_FIXED_SLOTS	(1ULL << INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_SLOTS)
 
+static inline bool use_fixed_pseudo_encoding(u64 code)
+{
+	return !(code & 0xff);
+}
+
 /*
  * We model BTS tracing as another fixed-mode PMC.
  *