diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/copro_fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/copro_fault.c
index 2d0276abe0a6..8acd00178956 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/copro_fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/copro_fault.c
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ int copro_handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ea,
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	if (*flt & VM_FAULT_MAJOR)
-		current->maj_flt++;
-	else
-		current->min_flt++;
-
 out_unlock:
 	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
index 8d9870d76da1..ad12f78bda7e 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ good_area:
 			BUG();
 		}
 		if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
-			if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR)
-				current->maj_flt++;
-			else
-				current->min_flt++;
 			if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
 				flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED;
 
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index ae7121d729fa..d5d44c68fa19 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -893,13 +893,6 @@ static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	if (tsk) {
-		if (ret & VM_FAULT_MAJOR)
-			tsk->maj_flt++;
-		else
-			tsk->min_flt++;
-	}
-
 	if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
 		if (locked && !(fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT))
 			*locked = 0;
@@ -1255,12 +1248,6 @@ retry:
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
-	if (tsk) {
-		if (major)
-			tsk->maj_flt++;
-		else
-			tsk->min_flt++;
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fixup_user_fault);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 9b7d35734caa..2b7f0e00f312 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4400,20 +4400,23 @@ static inline void mm_account_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	 */
 	major = (ret & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) || (flags & FAULT_FLAG_TRIED);
 
+	if (major)
+		current->maj_flt++;
+	else
+		current->min_flt++;
+
 	/*
-	 * If the fault is done for GUP, regs will be NULL, and we will skip
-	 * the fault accounting.
+	 * If the fault is done for GUP, regs will be NULL.  We only do the
+	 * accounting for the per thread fault counters who triggered the
+	 * fault, and we skip the perf event updates.
 	 */
 	if (!regs)
 		return;
 
-	if (major) {
-		current->maj_flt++;
+	if (major)
 		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, regs, address);
-	} else {
-		current->min_flt++;
+	else
 		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, regs, address);
-	}
 }
 
 /*