diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.c
index 1f8336e3f584..112d934132c8 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kovaplus.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ static ssize_t kovaplus_sysfs_set_actual_profile(struct device *dev,
 	struct usb_device *usb_dev;
 	unsigned long profile;
 	int retval;
+	struct kovaplus_roccat_report roccat_report;
 
 	dev = dev->parent->parent;
 	kovaplus = hid_get_drvdata(dev_get_drvdata(dev));
@@ -337,10 +338,22 @@ static ssize_t kovaplus_sysfs_set_actual_profile(struct device *dev,
 
 	mutex_lock(&kovaplus->kovaplus_lock);
 	retval = kovaplus_set_actual_profile(usb_dev, profile);
-	kovaplus_profile_activated(kovaplus, profile);
-	mutex_unlock(&kovaplus->kovaplus_lock);
-	if (retval)
+	if (retval) {
+		mutex_unlock(&kovaplus->kovaplus_lock);
 		return retval;
+	}
+
+	kovaplus_profile_activated(kovaplus, profile);
+
+	roccat_report.type = KOVAPLUS_MOUSE_REPORT_BUTTON_TYPE_PROFILE_1;
+	roccat_report.profile = profile + 1;
+	roccat_report.button = 0;
+	roccat_report.data1 = profile + 1;
+	roccat_report.data2 = 0;
+	roccat_report_event(kovaplus->chrdev_minor,
+			(uint8_t const *)&roccat_report);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&kovaplus->kovaplus_lock);
 
 	return size;
 }