diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
index ddd40bc63448..8e08fc75a973 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/datasym.c
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ static int datasym(int argc __maybe_unused, const char **argv __maybe_unused)
 {
 	for (;;) {
 		buf1.data1++;
+		if (buf1.data1 == 123) {
+			/*
+			 * Add some 'noise' in the loop to work around errata
+			 * 1694299 on Arm N1.
+			 *
+			 * Bias exists in SPE sampling which can cause the load
+			 * and store instructions to be skipped entirely. This
+			 * comes and goes randomly depending on the offset the
+			 * linker places the datasym loop at in the Perf binary.
+			 * With an extra branch in the middle of the loop that
+			 * isn't always taken, the instruction stream is no
+			 * longer a continuous repeating pattern that interacts
+			 * badly with the bias.
+			 */
+			buf1.data1++;
+		}
 		buf1.data2 += buf1.data1;
 	}
 	return 0;