diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 7699394..eda5b0c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
+#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
 
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@
 		die("Weird page fault", regs, SIGSEGV);
 	}
 
+	perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs);
+
 	/* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
 	 * addresses in user space.  All other faults represent errors in the
 	 * kernel and should generate an OOPS.  Unfortunately, in the case of an