diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
index 8c59677bee13..8f916f90205e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -3227,6 +3227,7 @@ static unsigned char *adj_for_padding(unsigned char *buf_b,
  * @len_b: size of second buffer
  * @consecutive: returns true if there is data in buf_b that is consecutive
  *               to buf_a
+ * @ooo_tsc: out-of-order TSC due to VM TSC offset / scaling
  *
  * If the trace contains TSC we can look at the last TSC of @buf_a and the
  * first TSC of @buf_b in order to determine if the buffers overlap, and then
@@ -3239,7 +3240,8 @@ static unsigned char *adj_for_padding(unsigned char *buf_b,
 static unsigned char *intel_pt_find_overlap_tsc(unsigned char *buf_a,
 						size_t len_a,
 						unsigned char *buf_b,
-						size_t len_b, bool *consecutive)
+						size_t len_b, bool *consecutive,
+						bool ooo_tsc)
 {
 	uint64_t tsc_a, tsc_b;
 	unsigned char *p;
@@ -3274,7 +3276,7 @@ static unsigned char *intel_pt_find_overlap_tsc(unsigned char *buf_a,
 				start = buf_b + len_b - (rem_b - rem_a);
 				return adj_for_padding(start, buf_a, len_a);
 			}
-			if (cmp < 0)
+			if (cmp < 0 && !ooo_tsc)
 				return buf_b; /* tsc_a < tsc_b => no overlap */
 		}
 
@@ -3292,6 +3294,7 @@ static unsigned char *intel_pt_find_overlap_tsc(unsigned char *buf_a,
  * @have_tsc: can use TSC packets to detect overlap
  * @consecutive: returns true if there is data in buf_b that is consecutive
  *               to buf_a
+ * @ooo_tsc: out-of-order TSC due to VM TSC offset / scaling
  *
  * When trace samples or snapshots are recorded there is the possibility that
  * the data overlaps.  Note that, for the purposes of decoding, data is only
@@ -3302,7 +3305,8 @@ static unsigned char *intel_pt_find_overlap_tsc(unsigned char *buf_a,
  */
 unsigned char *intel_pt_find_overlap(unsigned char *buf_a, size_t len_a,
 				     unsigned char *buf_b, size_t len_b,
-				     bool have_tsc, bool *consecutive)
+				     bool have_tsc, bool *consecutive,
+				     bool ooo_tsc)
 {
 	unsigned char *found;
 
@@ -3315,7 +3319,7 @@ unsigned char *intel_pt_find_overlap(unsigned char *buf_a, size_t len_a,
 
 	if (have_tsc) {
 		found = intel_pt_find_overlap_tsc(buf_a, len_a, buf_b, len_b,
-						  consecutive);
+						  consecutive, ooo_tsc);
 		if (found)
 			return found;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h
index d9e62a7f6f0e..bebdb7d37b39 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ int intel_pt_fast_forward(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder, uint64_t timestamp);
 
 unsigned char *intel_pt_find_overlap(unsigned char *buf_a, size_t len_a,
 				     unsigned char *buf_b, size_t len_b,
-				     bool have_tsc, bool *consecutive);
+				     bool have_tsc, bool *consecutive,
+				     bool ooo_tsc);
 
 int intel_pt__strerror(int code, char *buf, size_t buflen);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index 7bee969eb335..a494d47aa1ad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -278,9 +278,17 @@ static int intel_pt_do_fix_overlap(struct intel_pt *pt, struct auxtrace_buffer *
 	void *start;
 
 	start = intel_pt_find_overlap(a->data, a->size, b->data, b->size,
-				      pt->have_tsc, &consecutive);
+				      pt->have_tsc, &consecutive,
+				      pt->synth_opts.vm_time_correlation);
 	if (!start)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * In the case of vm_time_correlation, the overlap might contain TSC
+	 * packets that will not be fixed, and that will then no longer work for
+	 * overlap detection. Avoid that by zeroing out the overlap.
+	 */
+	if (pt->synth_opts.vm_time_correlation)
+		memset(b->data, 0, start - b->data);
 	b->use_size = b->data + b->size - start;
 	b->use_data = start;
 	if (b->use_size && consecutive)