diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index 6c2cb4e4f48d..bc4a61029b6d 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 
 	cpu_events = alloc_percpu(typeof(*cpu_events));
 	if (!cpu_events)
-		return (void __percpu __force *)ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return ERR_PTR_PCPU(-ENOMEM);
 
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 		return cpu_events;
 
 	unregister_wide_hw_breakpoint(cpu_events);
-	return (void __percpu __force *)ERR_PTR(err);
+	return ERR_PTR_PCPU(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_wide_hw_breakpoint);
 
diff --git a/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c b/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c
index a2c831e89ce0..fbb03b66dcbd 100644
--- a/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c
+++ b/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ static int __init hw_break_module_init(void)
 	attr.bp_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W;
 
 	sample_hbp = register_wide_hw_breakpoint(&attr, sample_hbp_handler, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR((void __force *)sample_hbp)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR((void __force *)sample_hbp);
+	if (IS_ERR_PCPU(sample_hbp)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR_PCPU(sample_hbp);
 		goto fail;
 	}