diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index bae28a03afd8..156221bd5661 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6381,11 +6381,21 @@ out_put:
 	ring_buffer_put(rb); /* could be last */
 }
 
+static int perf_mmap_may_split(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Forbid splitting perf mappings to prevent refcount leaks due to
+	 * the resulting non-matching offsets and sizes. See open()/close().
+	 */
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static const struct vm_operations_struct perf_mmap_vmops = {
 	.open		= perf_mmap_open,
 	.close		= perf_mmap_close, /* non mergeable */
 	.fault		= perf_mmap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= perf_mmap_fault,
+	.may_split	= perf_mmap_may_split,
 };
 
 static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)