diff --git a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
index 1f9a35f724f59..0dda70e1ef90a 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ static bool riscv_perf_user_access(struct perf_event *event)
 	return ((event->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) ||
 		(event->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE) ||
 		(event->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_RAW)) &&
-		!!(event->hw.flags & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_READ_CNT);
+		!!(event->hw.flags & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_READ_CNT) &&
+		(event->hw.idx != -1);
 }
 
 void arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event,
diff --git a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
index 9a51053b1f995..96c7f670c8f0d 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
@@ -510,16 +510,18 @@ static void pmu_sbi_set_scounteren(void *arg)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event = (struct perf_event *)arg;
 
-	csr_write(CSR_SCOUNTEREN,
-		  csr_read(CSR_SCOUNTEREN) | (1 << pmu_sbi_csr_index(event)));
+	if (event->hw.idx != -1)
+		csr_write(CSR_SCOUNTEREN,
+			  csr_read(CSR_SCOUNTEREN) | (1 << pmu_sbi_csr_index(event)));
 }
 
 static void pmu_sbi_reset_scounteren(void *arg)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event = (struct perf_event *)arg;
 
-	csr_write(CSR_SCOUNTEREN,
-		  csr_read(CSR_SCOUNTEREN) & ~(1 << pmu_sbi_csr_index(event)));
+	if (event->hw.idx != -1)
+		csr_write(CSR_SCOUNTEREN,
+			  csr_read(CSR_SCOUNTEREN) & ~(1 << pmu_sbi_csr_index(event)));
 }
 
 static void pmu_sbi_ctr_start(struct perf_event *event, u64 ival)
@@ -541,7 +543,8 @@ static void pmu_sbi_ctr_start(struct perf_event *event, u64 ival)
 
 	if ((hwc->flags & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_ACCESS) &&
 	    (hwc->flags & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_READ_CNT))
-		pmu_sbi_set_scounteren((void *)event);
+		on_each_cpu_mask(mm_cpumask(event->owner->mm),
+				 pmu_sbi_set_scounteren, (void *)event, 1);
 }
 
 static void pmu_sbi_ctr_stop(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long flag)
@@ -551,7 +554,8 @@ static void pmu_sbi_ctr_stop(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long flag)
 
 	if ((hwc->flags & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_ACCESS) &&
 	    (hwc->flags & PERF_EVENT_FLAG_USER_READ_CNT))
-		pmu_sbi_reset_scounteren((void *)event);
+		on_each_cpu_mask(mm_cpumask(event->owner->mm),
+				 pmu_sbi_reset_scounteren, (void *)event, 1);
 
 	ret = sbi_ecall(SBI_EXT_PMU, SBI_EXT_PMU_COUNTER_STOP, hwc->idx, 1, flag, 0, 0, 0);
 	if (ret.error && (ret.error != SBI_ERR_ALREADY_STOPPED) &&