diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h
index 6f4f5486fe6d..5fe694708b7a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ struct intel_th_output {
 /**
  * struct intel_th_drvdata - describes hardware capabilities and quirks
  * @tscu_enable:	device needs SW to enable time stamping unit
+ * @multi_is_broken:	device has multiblock mode is broken
  * @has_mintctl:	device has interrupt control (MINTCTL) register
  * @host_mode_only:	device can only operate in 'host debugger' mode
  */
 struct intel_th_drvdata {
 	unsigned int	tscu_enable        : 1,
+			multi_is_broken    : 1,
 			has_mintctl        : 1,
 			host_mode_only     : 1;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/msu.c b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/msu.c
index 8e48c7458aa3..6e118b790d83 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/msu.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/msu.c
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ struct msc {
 	/* config */
 	unsigned int		enabled : 1,
 				wrap	: 1,
-				do_irq	: 1;
+				do_irq	: 1,
+				multi_is_broken : 1;
 	unsigned int		mode;
 	unsigned int		burst_len;
 	unsigned int		index;
@@ -1664,7 +1665,7 @@ static int intel_th_msc_init(struct msc *msc)
 {
 	atomic_set(&msc->user_count, -1);
 
-	msc->mode = MSC_MODE_MULTI;
+	msc->mode = msc->multi_is_broken ? MSC_MODE_SINGLE : MSC_MODE_MULTI;
 	mutex_init(&msc->buf_mutex);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&msc->win_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&msc->iter_list);
@@ -1876,6 +1877,9 @@ mode_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
 	return -EINVAL;
 
 found:
+	if (i == MSC_MODE_MULTI && msc->multi_is_broken)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	mutex_lock(&msc->buf_mutex);
 	ret = 0;
 
@@ -2082,6 +2086,9 @@ static int intel_th_msc_probe(struct intel_th_device *thdev)
 	if (!res)
 		msc->do_irq = 1;
 
+	if (INTEL_TH_CAP(to_intel_th(thdev), multi_is_broken))
+		msc->multi_is_broken = 1;
+
 	msc->index = thdev->id;
 
 	msc->thdev = thdev;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/pci.c b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/pci.c
index e9d90b53bbc4..ad7e51ebe49e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/pci.c
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ static void intel_th_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
 }
 
+static const struct intel_th_drvdata intel_th_1x_multi_is_broken = {
+	.multi_is_broken	= 1,
+};
+
 static const struct intel_th_drvdata intel_th_2x = {
 	.tscu_enable	= 1,
 	.has_mintctl	= 1,
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id intel_th_pci_id_table[] = {
 	{
 		/* Kaby Lake PCH-H */
 		PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0xa2a6),
-		.driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)0,
+		.driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&intel_th_1x_multi_is_broken,
 	},
 	{
 		/* Denverton */
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id intel_th_pci_id_table[] = {
 	{
 		/* Comet Lake PCH-V */
 		PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0xa3a6),
-		.driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&intel_th_2x,
+		.driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&intel_th_1x_multi_is_broken,
 	},
 	{
 		/* Ice Lake NNPI */