diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
index ce886a0..ead6eea 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@ static void cpumsf_output_event_pid(struct perf_event *event,
 	/* Protect callchain buffers, tasks */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
-	perf_prepare_sample(&header, data, event, regs);
+	perf_prepare_sample(data, event, regs);
+	perf_prepare_header(&header, data, event, regs);
 	if (perf_output_begin(&handle, data, event, header.size))
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
index 07c8a2c..183efa9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
@@ -807,7 +807,8 @@ int intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(void)
 	 * the sample.
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	perf_prepare_sample(&header, &data, event, &regs);
+	perf_prepare_sample(&data, event, &regs);
+	perf_prepare_header(&header, &data, event, &regs);
 
 	if (perf_output_begin(&handle, &data, event,
 			      header.size * (top - base - skip)))
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 7db0e9c..d5628a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1250,6 +1250,17 @@ static inline void perf_sample_save_brstack(struct perf_sample_data *data,
 	data->sample_flags |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
 }
 
+static inline u32 perf_sample_data_size(struct perf_sample_data *data,
+					struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	u32 size = sizeof(struct perf_event_header);
+
+	size += event->header_size + event->id_header_size;
+	size += data->dyn_size;
+
+	return size;
+}
+
 /*
  * Clear all bitfields in the perf_branch_entry.
  * The to and from fields are not cleared because they are
@@ -1271,7 +1282,10 @@ extern void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			       struct perf_event_header *header,
 			       struct perf_sample_data *data,
 			       struct perf_event *event);
-extern void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
+extern void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_sample_data *data,
+				struct perf_event *event,
+				struct pt_regs *regs);
+extern void perf_prepare_header(struct perf_event_header *header,
 				struct perf_sample_data *data,
 				struct perf_event *event,
 				struct pt_regs *regs);
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 47bfd99..4aa73ed 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7568,20 +7568,13 @@ static __always_inline u64 __cond_set(u64 flags, u64 s, u64 d)
 	return d * !!(flags & s);
 }
 
-void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
-			 struct perf_sample_data *data,
+void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_sample_data *data,
 			 struct perf_event *event,
 			 struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	u64 sample_type = event->attr.sample_type;
 	u64 filtered_sample_type;
 
-	header->type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE;
-	header->size = sizeof(*header) + event->header_size + event->id_header_size;
-
-	header->misc = 0;
-	header->misc |= perf_misc_flags(regs);
-
 	/*
 	 * Add the sample flags that are dependent to others.  And clear the
 	 * sample flags that have already been done by the PMU driver.
@@ -7595,6 +7588,12 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 					   PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER);
 	filtered_sample_type &= ~data->sample_flags;
 
+	if (filtered_sample_type == 0) {
+		/* Make sure it has the correct data->type for output */
+		data->type = event->attr.sample_type;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	__perf_event_header__init_id(data, event, filtered_sample_type);
 
 	if (filtered_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_IP) {
@@ -7646,9 +7645,10 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 		 * up the rest of the sample size.
 		 */
 		u16 stack_size = event->attr.sample_stack_user;
+		u16 header_size = perf_sample_data_size(data, event);
 		u16 size = sizeof(u64);
 
-		stack_size = perf_sample_ustack_size(stack_size, header->size,
+		stack_size = perf_sample_ustack_size(stack_size, header_size,
 						     data->regs_user.regs);
 
 		/*
@@ -7733,8 +7733,9 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 
 	if (filtered_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_AUX) {
 		u64 size;
+		u16 header_size = perf_sample_data_size(data, event);
 
-		header->size += sizeof(u64); /* size */
+		header_size += sizeof(u64); /* size */
 
 		/*
 		 * Given the 16bit nature of header::size, an AUX sample can
@@ -7742,17 +7743,25 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 		 * Make sure this doesn't happen by using up to U16_MAX bytes
 		 * per sample in total (rounded down to 8 byte boundary).
 		 */
-		size = min_t(size_t, U16_MAX - header->size,
+		size = min_t(size_t, U16_MAX - header_size,
 			     event->attr.aux_sample_size);
 		size = rounddown(size, 8);
 		size = perf_prepare_sample_aux(event, data, size);
 
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(size + header->size > U16_MAX);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(size + header_size > U16_MAX);
 		data->dyn_size += size + sizeof(u64); /* size above */
 		data->sample_flags |= PERF_SAMPLE_AUX;
 	}
+}
 
-	header->size += data->dyn_size;
+void perf_prepare_header(struct perf_event_header *header,
+			 struct perf_sample_data *data,
+			 struct perf_event *event,
+			 struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	header->type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE;
+	header->size = perf_sample_data_size(data, event);
+	header->misc = perf_misc_flags(regs);
 
 	/*
 	 * If you're adding more sample types here, you likely need to do
@@ -7781,7 +7790,8 @@ __perf_event_output(struct perf_event *event,
 	/* protect the callchain buffers */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
-	perf_prepare_sample(&header, data, event, regs);
+	perf_prepare_sample(data, event, regs);
+	perf_prepare_header(&header, data, event, regs);
 
 	err = output_begin(&handle, data, event, header.size);
 	if (err)
