diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cstate.c
index 75a38b5a2e26..5b8c90935270 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cstate.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
 #include "perf_event.h"
 
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ static int cstate_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	} else if (event->pmu == &cstate_pkg_pmu) {
 		if (cfg >= PERF_CSTATE_PKG_EVENT_MAX)
 			return -EINVAL;
+		cfg = array_index_nospec((unsigned long)cfg, PERF_CSTATE_PKG_EVENT_MAX);
 		if (!pkg_msr[cfg].attr)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		event->hw.event_base = pkg_msr[cfg].msr;