diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
index 2167f9f156ec..22fc8ebd707b 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
@@ -722,7 +722,10 @@ static void arm_cspmu_write_counter(struct perf_event *event, u64 val)
 	if (use_64b_counter_reg(cspmu)) {
 		offset = counter_offset(sizeof(u64), event->hw.idx);
 
-		writeq(val, cspmu->base1 + offset);
+		if (cspmu->has_atomic_dword)
+			writeq(val, cspmu->base1 + offset);
+		else
+			lo_hi_writeq(val, cspmu->base1 + offset);
 	} else {
 		offset = counter_offset(sizeof(u32), event->hw.idx);