diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index e0d83ee01b77..fc0a946053dd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -1306,6 +1306,19 @@ static int tmc_enable_etr_sink_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
 
+	/*
+	 * Since the sysfs buffer allocation and the hardware enablement is not
+	 * in the same critical region, it's possible to race with the perf.
+	 */
+	if (coresight_get_mode(csdev) == CS_MODE_PERF) {
+		drvdata->sysfs_buf = NULL;
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
+
+		/* Free allocated memory out side of the spinlock */
+		tmc_etr_free_sysfs_buf(sysfs_buf);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * In sysFS mode we can have multiple writers per sink.  Since this
 	 * sink is already enabled no memory is needed and the HW need not be