diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c
index 3596db36cbff4f99f096a6d2cbadb440b8c6ef03..4b1a9a92ea117b13ed6cd004d520bb53723c989d 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu_platform.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ int arm_pmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (!pmu)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	pmu->pmu.parent = &pdev->dev;
 	pmu->plat_device = pdev;
 
 	ret = pmu_parse_irqs(pmu);