diff --git a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
index 15e5a47be7d59c44c02ea0583fd3978d404d142f..3852c18362f53ec2630a7f10c5a6d6e6baf59a9c 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
@@ -652,8 +652,11 @@ static int pmu_sbi_starting_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
 	struct riscv_pmu *pmu = hlist_entry_safe(node, struct riscv_pmu, node);
 	struct cpu_hw_events *cpu_hw_evt = this_cpu_ptr(pmu->hw_events);
 
-	/* Enable the access for TIME csr only from the user mode now */
-	csr_write(CSR_SCOUNTEREN, 0x2);
+	/*
+	 * Enable the access for CYCLE, TIME, and INSTRET CSRs from userspace,
+	 * as is necessary to maintain uABI compatibility.
+	 */
+	csr_write(CSR_SCOUNTEREN, 0x7);
 
 	/* Stop all the counters so that they can be enabled from perf */
 	pmu_sbi_stop_all(pmu);