diff --git a/arch/x86/events/msr.c b/arch/x86/events/msr.c
index e7edf19..b4771a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/msr.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <asm/intel-family.h>
 
 enum perf_msr_id {
@@ -158,9 +159,6 @@ static int msr_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->attr.type != event->pmu->type)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	if (cfg >= PERF_MSR_EVENT_MAX)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/* unsupported modes and filters */
 	if (event->attr.exclude_user   ||
 	    event->attr.exclude_kernel ||
@@ -171,6 +169,11 @@ static int msr_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	    event->attr.sample_period) /* no sampling */
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (cfg >= PERF_MSR_EVENT_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	cfg = array_index_nospec((unsigned long)cfg, PERF_MSR_EVENT_MAX);
+
 	if (!msr[cfg].attr)
 		return -EINVAL;