diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
index 3317f4878eaa70..331e0654d61d78 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
@@ -1780,7 +1780,9 @@ static void cpumsf_pmu_stop(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 	event->hw.state |= PERF_HES_STOPPED;
 
 	if ((flags & PERF_EF_UPDATE) && !(event->hw.state & PERF_HES_UPTODATE)) {
-		hw_perf_event_update(event, 1);
+		/* CPU hotplug off removes SDBs. No samples to extract. */
+		if (cpuhw->flags & PMU_F_RESERVED)
+			hw_perf_event_update(event, 1);
 		event->hw.state |= PERF_HES_UPTODATE;
 	}
 	perf_pmu_enable(event->pmu);