diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 1c866ef..43c0aca 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 	select HAVE_KVM if 64BIT
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
-	select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 
 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_counter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7015188..0000000
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Performance counter support - s390 specific definitions.
- *
- * Copyright 2009 Martin Schwidefsky, IBM Corporation.
- */
-
-static inline void set_perf_counter_pending(void) {}
-static inline void clear_perf_counter_pending(void) {}
-
-#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET 0
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3840cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Performance event support - s390 specific definitions.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2009 Martin Schwidefsky, IBM Corporation.
+ */
+
+static inline void set_perf_event_pending(void) {}
+static inline void clear_perf_event_pending(void) {}
+
+#define PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET 0
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
index c80602d..cb5232d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 #define	__NR_preadv		328
 #define	__NR_pwritev		329
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo	330
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open	331
+#define __NR_perf_event_open	331
 #define NR_syscalls 332
 
 /* 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
index 88a83366..6247900 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -1832,11 +1832,11 @@
 	llgtr	%r5,%r5			# struct compat_siginfo *
 	jg	compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo_wrapper # branch to system call
 
-	.globl	sys_perf_counter_open_wrapper
-sys_perf_counter_open_wrapper:
-	llgtr	%r2,%r2			# const struct perf_counter_attr *
+	.globl	sys_perf_event_open_wrapper
+sys_perf_event_open_wrapper:
+	llgtr	%r2,%r2			# const struct perf_event_attr *
 	lgfr	%r3,%r3			# pid_t
 	lgfr	%r4,%r4			# int
 	lgfr	%r5,%r5			# int
 	llgfr	%r6,%r6			# unsigned long
-	jg	sys_perf_counter_open	# branch to system call
+	jg	sys_perf_event_open	# branch to system call
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
index ad1acd2..0b50836 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
@@ -339,4 +339,4 @@
 SYSCALL(sys_preadv,sys_preadv,compat_sys_preadv_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_pwritev,sys_pwritev,compat_sys_pwritev_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo,sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo,compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo_wrapper) /* 330 */
-SYSCALL(sys_perf_counter_open,sys_perf_counter_open,sys_perf_counter_open_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_perf_event_open,sys_perf_event_open,sys_perf_event_open_wrapper)
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index 1abbadd..6d50746 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *    Copyright (C) 1995  Linus Torvalds
  */
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 	 * interrupts again and then search the VMAs
 	 */
 	local_irq_enable();
-	perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
+	perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	si_code = SEGV_MAPERR;
@@ -366,11 +366,11 @@
 	}
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
 		tsk->maj_flt++;
-		perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
+		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
 				     regs, address);
 	} else {
 		tsk->min_flt++;
-		perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
+		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
 				     regs, address);
 	}
         up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);