diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index 2521d03de5e02e9f347e09edda033cbd0a6e9ede..e28892270c5803d421571aa207798e6740276ac8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -6253,7 +6253,7 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
 	 * Check all LBT MSR here.
 	 * Disable LBR access if any LBR MSRs can not be accessed.
 	 */
-	if (x86_pmu.lbr_nr && !check_msr(x86_pmu.lbr_tos, 0x3UL))
+	if (x86_pmu.lbr_tos && !check_msr(x86_pmu.lbr_tos, 0x3UL))
 		x86_pmu.lbr_nr = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.lbr_nr; i++) {
 		if (!(check_msr(x86_pmu.lbr_from + i, 0xffffUL) &&