diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 23cd005..4924c96 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -547,6 +547,8 @@
 
 struct perf_event;
 
+#define PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED 1
+
 /**
  * struct pmu - generic performance monitoring unit
  */
@@ -557,6 +559,16 @@
 	void (*stop)			(struct perf_event *event);
 	void (*read)			(struct perf_event *event);
 	void (*unthrottle)		(struct perf_event *event);
+
+	/*
+	 * group events scheduling is treated as a transaction,
+	 * add group events as a whole and perform one schedulability test.
+	 * If test fails, roll back the whole group
+	 */
+
+	void (*start_txn)	(const struct pmu *pmu);
+	void (*cancel_txn)	(const struct pmu *pmu);
+	int  (*commit_txn)	(const struct pmu *pmu);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -823,9 +835,6 @@
 extern void perf_enable(void);
 extern int perf_event_task_disable(void);
 extern int perf_event_task_enable(void);
-extern int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_leader,
-	       struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-	       struct perf_event_context *ctx);
 extern void perf_event_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event);
 extern int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event);
 extern struct perf_event *
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 34659d4..bb06382 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@
 void __weak hw_perf_disable(void)		{ barrier(); }
 void __weak hw_perf_enable(void)		{ barrier(); }
 
-int __weak
-hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_leader,
-	       struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-	       struct perf_event_context *ctx)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void __weak perf_event_print_debug(void)	{ }
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, perf_disable_count);
@@ -644,15 +636,20 @@
 	       struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
 	       struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct perf_event *event, *partial_group;
+	struct perf_event *event, *partial_group = NULL;
+	const struct pmu *pmu = group_event->pmu;
+	bool txn = false;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (group_event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = hw_perf_group_sched_in(group_event, cpuctx, ctx);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
+	/* Check if group transaction availabe */
+	if (pmu->start_txn)
+		txn = true;
+
+	if (txn)
+		pmu->start_txn(pmu);
 
 	if (event_sched_in(group_event, cpuctx, ctx))
 		return -EAGAIN;
@@ -667,9 +664,19 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	if (txn) {
+		ret = pmu->commit_txn(pmu);
+		if (!ret) {
+			pmu->cancel_txn(pmu);
+
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
 
 group_error:
+	if (txn)
+		pmu->cancel_txn(pmu);
+
 	/*
 	 * Groups can be scheduled in as one unit only, so undo any
 	 * partial group before returning: