diff --git a/ihk b/ihk
index 9a15ade2..7880d778 160000
--- a/ihk
+++ b/ihk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9a15ade2abc344b37797a6124769992cb7d80226
+Subproject commit 7880d7786a39bde6bd7f195a8142928b29a95170
diff --git a/kernel/syscall.c b/kernel/syscall.c
index 90fc81ff..450eb566 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -4103,7 +4103,7 @@ static int mc_perf_event_alloc(struct mc_perf_event **out,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (val == 0) {
+	if (!ihk_mc_validate_event(val)) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/include/ihk/cpu.h b/lib/include/ihk/cpu.h
index 711e19d3..1890a4d1 100644
--- a/lib/include/ihk/cpu.h
+++ b/lib/include/ihk/cpu.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ unsigned long ihk_mc_hw_event_map(unsigned long hw_event);
 unsigned long ihk_mc_hw_cache_event_map(unsigned long hw_cache_event);
 unsigned long ihk_mc_hw_cache_extra_reg_map(unsigned long hw_cache_event);
 unsigned long ihk_mc_raw_event_map(unsigned long raw_event);
+int ihk_mc_validate_event(unsigned long hw_config);
 
 /* returns the 'prev' argument of the call that caused the switch to the context returned. */
 void *ihk_mc_switch_context(ihk_mc_kernel_context_t *old_ctx,