/* The bits which needs to be overridden */
        u64 health_bitmap_inject_mask;
 
-        /* array to have event_code and stat_id mappings */
-       char **nvdimm_events_map;
+       /* array to have event_code and stat_id mappings */
+       u8 *nvdimm_events_map;
 };
 
 static int papr_scm_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region,
 
        stat = &stats->scm_statistic[0];
        memcpy(&stat->stat_id,
-              p->nvdimm_events_map[event->attr.config],
+              &p->nvdimm_events_map[event->attr.config * sizeof(stat->stat_id)],
                sizeof(stat->stat_id));
        stat->stat_val = 0;
 
 {
        struct papr_scm_perf_stat *stat;
        struct papr_scm_perf_stats *stats;
-       int index, rc, count;
        u32 available_events;
-
-       if (!p->stat_buffer_len)
-               return -ENOENT;
+       int index, rc = 0;
 
        available_events = (p->stat_buffer_len  - sizeof(struct papr_scm_perf_stats))
                        / sizeof(struct papr_scm_perf_stat);
+       if (available_events == 0)
+               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
        /* Allocate the buffer for phyp where stats are written */
        stats = kzalloc(p->stat_buffer_len, GFP_KERNEL);
                return rc;
        }
 
-       /* Allocate memory to nvdimm_event_map */
-       p->nvdimm_events_map = kcalloc(available_events, sizeof(char *), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!p->nvdimm_events_map) {
-               rc = -ENOMEM;
-               goto out_stats;
-       }
-
        /* Called to get list of events supported */
        rc = drc_pmem_query_stats(p, stats, 0);
        if (rc)
-               goto out_nvdimm_events_map;
-
-       for (index = 0, stat = stats->scm_statistic, count = 0;
-                    index < available_events; index++, ++stat) {
-               p->nvdimm_events_map[count] = kmemdup_nul(stat->stat_id, 8, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!p->nvdimm_events_map[count]) {
-                       rc = -ENOMEM;
-                       goto out_nvdimm_events_map;
-               }
+               goto out;
 
-               count++;
+       /*
+        * Allocate memory and populate nvdimm_event_map.
+        * Allocate an extra element for NULL entry
+        */
+       p->nvdimm_events_map = kcalloc(available_events + 1,
+                                      sizeof(stat->stat_id),
+                                      GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!p->nvdimm_events_map) {
+               rc = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out;
        }
-       p->nvdimm_events_map[count] = NULL;
-       kfree(stats);
-       return 0;
 
-out_nvdimm_events_map:
-       kfree(p->nvdimm_events_map);
-out_stats:
+       /* Copy all stat_ids to event map */
+       for (index = 0, stat = stats->scm_statistic;
+            index < available_events; index++, ++stat) {
+               memcpy(&p->nvdimm_events_map[index * sizeof(stat->stat_id)],
+                      &stat->stat_id, sizeof(stat->stat_id));
+       }
+out:
        kfree(stats);
        return rc;
 }