diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index 0f4feee6d082..d2c25a13e1ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@
 #define MSR_K7_HWCR			0xc0010015
 #define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK_BIT		0
 #define MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK		BIT_ULL(MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK_BIT)
+#define MSR_K7_HWCR_IRPERF_EN_BIT	30
+#define MSR_K7_HWCR_IRPERF_EN		BIT_ULL(MSR_K7_HWCR_IRPERF_EN_BIT)
 #define MSR_K7_FID_VID_CTL		0xc0010041
 #define MSR_K7_FID_VID_STATUS		0xc0010042
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 75715fa0e822..120769955687 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 static const int amd_erratum_383[];
 static const int amd_erratum_400[];
+static const int amd_erratum_1054[];
 static bool cpu_has_amd_erratum(struct cpuinfo_x86 *cpu, const int *erratum);
 
 /*
@@ -983,6 +984,15 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	/* AMD CPUs don't reset SS attributes on SYSRET, Xen does. */
 	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_XENPV))
 		set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
+
+	/*
+	 * Turn on the Instructions Retired free counter on machines not
+	 * susceptible to erratum #1054 "Instructions Retired Performance
+	 * Counter May Be Inaccurate".
+	 */
+	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_IRPERF) &&
+	    !cpu_has_amd_erratum(c, amd_erratum_1054))
+		msr_set_bit(MSR_K7_HWCR, MSR_K7_HWCR_IRPERF_EN_BIT);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -1110,6 +1120,10 @@ static const int amd_erratum_400[] =
 static const int amd_erratum_383[] =
 	AMD_OSVW_ERRATUM(3, AMD_MODEL_RANGE(0x10, 0, 0, 0xff, 0xf));
 
+/* #1054: Instructions Retired Performance Counter May Be Inaccurate */
+static const int amd_erratum_1054[] =
+	AMD_OSVW_ERRATUM(0, AMD_MODEL_RANGE(0x17, 0, 0, 0x2f, 0xf));
+
 
 static bool cpu_has_amd_erratum(struct cpuinfo_x86 *cpu, const int *erratum)
 {