diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 9fe92161715e..1b1ffe0533e5 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -509,7 +509,10 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size)
 	/*
 	 * Only send RECORD_AUX if we have something useful to communicate
 	 *
-	 * Note: the OVERWRITE records by themselves are not considered
+	 * PMU_FORMAT bits identify the PMU type rather than an AUX event
+	 * has occurred, so ignore them for zero-sized records.
+	 *
+	 * The OVERWRITE records by themselves are not considered
 	 * useful, as they don't communicate any *new* information,
 	 * aside from the short-lived offset, that becomes history at
 	 * the next event sched-in and therefore isn't useful.
@@ -518,7 +521,9 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size)
 	 * offset. So, from now on we don't output AUX records that
 	 * have *only* OVERWRITE flag set.
 	 */
-	if (size || (handle->aux_flags & ~(u64)PERF_AUX_FLAG_OVERWRITE))
+	if (size ||
+	    (handle->aux_flags & ~(u64)(PERF_AUX_FLAG_PMU_FORMAT_TYPE_MASK |
+					PERF_AUX_FLAG_OVERWRITE)))
 		perf_event_aux_event(handle->event, aux_head, size,
 				     handle->aux_flags);