diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.c
index 08a54d3d0478..8ab1514ebe6a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.c
@@ -1552,6 +1552,8 @@ int adreno_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	adreno_debugfs_init(adreno_dev);
 	adreno_profile_init(adreno_dev);
 
+	adreno_dev->perfcounter = false;
+
 	adreno_sysfs_init(adreno_dev);
 
 	kgsl_pwrscale_init(device, pdev, CONFIG_QCOM_ADRENO_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.h b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.h
index 833ff5211925..e7dd6c18a6ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 #ifndef __ADRENO_H
 #define __ADRENO_H
@@ -576,6 +577,11 @@ struct adreno_device {
 	const void *cp_init_cmds;
 	/** @irq_mask: The current interrupt mask for the GPU device */
 	u32 irq_mask;
+	/*
+	 * @perfcounter: Flag to clear perfcounters across contexts and
+	 * controls perfcounter ioctl read
+	 */
+	bool perfcounter;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_compat.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_compat.c
index 2c568e979fa1..e00dc4897a93 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_compat.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_compat.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2013-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include "adreno.h"
@@ -158,6 +159,14 @@ static long adreno_ioctl_perfcounter_read_compat(
 	struct kgsl_perfcounter_read_compat *read32 = data;
 	struct kgsl_perfcounter_read read;
 
+	/*
+	 * When performance counter zapping is enabled, the counters are cleared
+	 * across context switches. Reading the counters when they are zapped is
+	 * not permitted.
+	 */
+	if (!adreno_dev->perfcounter)
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	read.reads = (struct kgsl_perfcounter_read_group __user *)
 		(uintptr_t)read32->reads;
 	read.count = read32->count;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_ioctl.c
index 2b69d7934d78..5d77bd8ad9e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_ioctl.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2002,2007-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -133,6 +134,14 @@ static long adreno_ioctl_perfcounter_read(struct kgsl_device_private *dev_priv,
 	struct adreno_device *adreno_dev = ADRENO_DEVICE(dev_priv->device);
 	struct kgsl_perfcounter_read *read = data;
 
+	/*
+	 * When performance counter zapping is enabled, the counters are cleared
+	 * across context switches. Reading the counters when they are zapped is
+	 * not permitted.
+	 */
+	if (!adreno_dev->perfcounter)
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	return (long) adreno_perfcounter_read_group(adreno_dev, read->reads,
 		read->count);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_sysfs.c
index 4152bb63fdaa..310fb4ecf5a1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_sysfs.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
@@ -188,6 +189,19 @@ static int _bcl_store(struct adreno_device *adreno_dev, bool val)
 					val);
 }
 
+static bool _perfcounter_show(struct adreno_device *adreno_dev)
+{
+	return adreno_dev->perfcounter;
+}
+
+static int _perfcounter_store(struct adreno_device *adreno_dev, bool val)
+{
+	if (adreno_dev->perfcounter == val)
+		return 0;
+
+	return adreno_power_cycle_bool(adreno_dev, &adreno_dev->perfcounter, val);
+}
+
 ssize_t adreno_sysfs_store_u32(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -266,6 +280,7 @@ static ADRENO_SYSFS_BOOL(ifpc);
 static ADRENO_SYSFS_RO_U32(ifpc_count);
 static ADRENO_SYSFS_BOOL(acd);
 static ADRENO_SYSFS_BOOL(bcl);
+static ADRENO_SYSFS_BOOL(perfcounter);
 
 
 static const struct attribute *_attr_list[] = {
@@ -285,6 +300,7 @@ static const struct attribute *_attr_list[] = {
 	&adreno_attr_ifpc_count.attr.attr,
 	&adreno_attr_acd.attr.attr,
 	&adreno_attr_bcl.attr.attr,
+	&adreno_attr_perfcounter.attr.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -311,7 +327,14 @@ void adreno_sysfs_close(struct adreno_device *adreno_dev)
 int adreno_sysfs_init(struct adreno_device *adreno_dev)
 {
 	struct kgsl_device *device = KGSL_DEVICE(adreno_dev);
+	int ret;
 
-	return sysfs_create_files(&device->dev->kobj, _attr_list);
+	ret = sysfs_create_files(&device->dev->kobj, _attr_list);
+
+	/* Notify userspace */
+	if (!ret)
+		kobject_uevent(&device->dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+
+	return ret;
 }