diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index 2db93498ff71..cb98a05ee743 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -6291,10 +6291,8 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
 		x86_pmu.pebs_aliases = NULL;
 		x86_pmu.pebs_prec_dist = true;
 		x86_pmu.pebs_block = true;
-		x86_pmu.pebs_capable = ~0ULL;
 		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_HAS_RSP_1;
 		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_NO_HT_SHARING;
-		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_PEBS_ALL;
 		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_INSTR_LATENCY;
 		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_MEM_LOADS_AUX;
 
@@ -6337,10 +6335,8 @@ __init int intel_pmu_init(void)
 		x86_pmu.pebs_aliases = NULL;
 		x86_pmu.pebs_prec_dist = true;
 		x86_pmu.pebs_block = true;
-		x86_pmu.pebs_capable = ~0ULL;
 		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_HAS_RSP_1;
 		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_NO_HT_SHARING;
-		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_PEBS_ALL;
 		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_INSTR_LATENCY;
 		x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_MEM_LOADS_AUX;
 		x86_pmu.lbr_pt_coexist = true;
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
index ba60427caa6d..de1f55d51784 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ static u64 load_latency_data(struct perf_event *event, u64 status)
 static u64 store_latency_data(struct perf_event *event, u64 status)
 {
 	union intel_x86_pebs_dse dse;
+	union perf_mem_data_src src;
 	u64 val;
 
 	dse.val = status;
@@ -304,7 +305,14 @@ static u64 store_latency_data(struct perf_event *event, u64 status)
 
 	val |= P(BLK, NA);
 
-	return val;
+	/*
+	 * the pebs_data_source table is only for loads
+	 * so override the mem_op to say STORE instead
+	 */
+	src.val = val;
+	src.mem_op = P(OP,STORE);
+
+	return src.val;
 }
 
 struct pebs_record_core {
@@ -822,7 +830,7 @@ struct event_constraint intel_glm_pebs_event_constraints[] = {
 
 struct event_constraint intel_grt_pebs_event_constraints[] = {
 	/* Allow all events as PEBS with no flags */
-	INTEL_HYBRID_LAT_CONSTRAINT(0x5d0, 0xf),
+	INTEL_HYBRID_LAT_CONSTRAINT(0x5d0, 0x3),
 	INTEL_HYBRID_LAT_CONSTRAINT(0x6d0, 0xf),
 	EVENT_CONSTRAINT_END
 };
@@ -2262,6 +2270,7 @@ void __init intel_ds_init(void)
 					PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK |
 					PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
 				x86_pmu.flags |= PMU_FL_PEBS_ALL;
+				x86_pmu.pebs_capable = ~0ULL;
 				pebs_qual = "-baseline";
 				x86_get_pmu(smp_processor_id())->capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_REGS;
 			} else {
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
index 4f70fb6c2c1e..47fca6a7a8bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -1097,6 +1097,14 @@ static int intel_pmu_setup_hw_lbr_filter(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_LBR)) {
 		reg->config = mask;
+
+		/*
+		 * The Arch LBR HW can retrieve the common branch types
+		 * from the LBR_INFO. It doesn't require the high overhead
+		 * SW disassemble.
+		 * Enable the branch type by default for the Arch LBR.
+		 */
+		reg->reg |= X86_BR_TYPE_SAVE;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c
index ce440011cc4e..1ef4f7861e2e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c
@@ -841,6 +841,22 @@ int snb_pci2phy_map_init(int devid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static u64 snb_uncore_imc_read_counter(struct intel_uncore_box *box, struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
+
+	/*
+	 * SNB IMC counters are 32-bit and are laid out back to back
+	 * in MMIO space. Therefore we must use a 32-bit accessor function
+	 * using readq() from uncore_mmio_read_counter() causes problems
+	 * because it is reading 64-bit at a time. This is okay for the
+	 * uncore_perf_event_update() function because it drops the upper
+	 * 32-bits but not okay for plain uncore_read_counter() as invoked
+	 * in uncore_pmu_event_start().
+	 */
+	return (u64)readl(box->io_addr + hwc->event_base);
+}
+
 static struct pmu snb_uncore_imc_pmu = {
 	.task_ctx_nr	= perf_invalid_context,
 	.event_init	= snb_uncore_imc_event_init,
@@ -860,7 +876,7 @@ static struct intel_uncore_ops snb_uncore_imc_ops = {
 	.disable_event	= snb_uncore_imc_disable_event,
 	.enable_event	= snb_uncore_imc_enable_event,
 	.hw_config	= snb_uncore_imc_hw_config,
-	.read_counter	= uncore_mmio_read_counter,
+	.read_counter	= snb_uncore_imc_read_counter,
 };
 
 static struct intel_uncore_type snb_uncore_imc = {