diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
index f087bc8d1da6..c2ca4a02dfce 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ static void etm4_init_arch_data(void *info)
 	struct etm4_init_arg *init_arg = info;
 	struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata;
 	struct csdev_access *csa;
+	struct device *dev = init_arg->dev;
 	int i;
 
 	drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(init_arg->dev);
@@ -1209,6 +1210,10 @@ static void etm4_init_arch_data(void *info)
 	if (!etm4_init_csdev_access(drvdata, csa))
 		return;
 
+	if (!csa->io_mem ||
+	    fwnode_property_present(dev_fwnode(dev), "qcom,skip-power-up"))
+		drvdata->skip_power_up = true;
+
 	/* Detect the support for OS Lock before we actually use it */
 	etm_detect_os_lock(drvdata, csa);
 
@@ -2036,11 +2041,6 @@ static int etm4_add_coresight_dev(struct etm4_init_arg *init_arg)
 	if (!drvdata->arch)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* TRCPDCR is not accessible with system instructions. */
-	if (!desc.access.io_mem ||
-	    fwnode_property_present(dev_fwnode(dev), "qcom,skip-power-up"))
-		drvdata->skip_power_up = true;
-
 	major = ETM_ARCH_MAJOR_VERSION(drvdata->arch);
 	minor = ETM_ARCH_MINOR_VERSION(drvdata->arch);