diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 4cb19fe76dd9..f897ec73dc8c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -87,7 +87,15 @@ struct sf_raw_sample {
 } __packed;
 
 /* Perf hardware reserve and release functions */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 int perf_reserve_sampling(void);
 void perf_release_sampling(void);
+#else /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
+static inline int perf_reserve_sampling(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void perf_release_sampling(void) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_S390_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c b/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
index bc927a09a172..9cfa2ffaa9d6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 
 #include "../../../drivers/oprofile/oprof.h"