diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index 4f000a03152e..bae47272de98 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -946,10 +946,6 @@ static void tmc_sync_etr_buf(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata)
 	WARN_ON(!etr_buf->ops || !etr_buf->ops->sync);
 
 	etr_buf->ops->sync(etr_buf, rrp, rwp);
-
-	/* Insert barrier packets at the beginning, if there was an overflow */
-	if (etr_buf->full)
-		tmc_etr_buf_insert_barrier_packet(etr_buf, etr_buf->offset);
 }
 
 static void __tmc_etr_enable_hw(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata)
@@ -1086,6 +1082,13 @@ static void tmc_etr_sync_sysfs_buf(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata)
 		drvdata->sysfs_buf = NULL;
 	} else {
 		tmc_sync_etr_buf(drvdata);
+		/*
+		 * Insert barrier packets at the beginning, if there was
+		 * an overflow.
+		 */
+		if (etr_buf->full)
+			tmc_etr_buf_insert_barrier_packet(etr_buf,
+							  etr_buf->offset);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1502,11 +1505,16 @@ tmc_update_etr_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 	CS_LOCK(drvdata->base);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
 
+	lost = etr_buf->full;
 	size = etr_buf->len;
 	if (!etr_perf->snapshot && size > handle->size) {
 		size = handle->size;
 		lost = true;
 	}
+
+	/* Insert barrier packets at the beginning, if there was an overflow */
+	if (lost)
+		tmc_etr_buf_insert_barrier_packet(etr_buf, etr_buf->offset);
 	tmc_etr_sync_perf_buffer(etr_perf, size);
 
 	/*
@@ -1517,8 +1525,6 @@ tmc_update_etr_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 	 */
 	if (etr_perf->snapshot)
 		handle->head += size;
-
-	lost |= etr_buf->full;
 out:
 	/*
 	 * Don't set the TRUNCATED flag in snapshot mode because 1) the