diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm.h
index e8b4549e30e2..79e1ad860d8a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm.h
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@
  * @seq_curr_state: current value of the sequencer register.
  * @ctxid_idx: index for the context ID registers.
  * @ctxid_pid: value for the context ID to trigger on.
- * @ctxid_vpid:	Virtual PID seen by users if PID namespace is enabled, otherwise
- *		the same value of ctxid_pid.
  * @ctxid_mask: mask applicable to all the context IDs.
  * @sync_freq:	Synchronisation frequency.
  * @timestamp_event: Defines an event that requests the insertion
@@ -202,7 +200,6 @@ struct etm_config {
 	u32				seq_curr_state;
 	u8				ctxid_idx;
 	u32				ctxid_pid[ETM_MAX_CTXID_CMP];
-	u32				ctxid_vpid[ETM_MAX_CTXID_CMP];
 	u32				ctxid_mask;
 	u32				sync_freq;
 	u32				timestamp_event;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
index 9435c1481f61..75487b3fad86 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Author: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
  */
 
+#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include "coresight-etm.h"
@@ -1025,8 +1026,15 @@ static ssize_t ctxid_pid_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct etm_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
 	struct etm_config *config = &drvdata->config;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't use contextID tracing if coming from a PID namespace.  See
+	 * comment in ctxid_pid_store().
+	 */
+	if (task_active_pid_ns(current) != &init_pid_ns)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
-	val = config->ctxid_vpid[config->ctxid_idx];
+	val = config->ctxid_pid[config->ctxid_idx];
 	spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%#lx\n", val);
@@ -1037,19 +1045,28 @@ static ssize_t ctxid_pid_store(struct device *dev,
 			       const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	int ret;
-	unsigned long vpid, pid;
+	unsigned long pid;
 	struct etm_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
 	struct etm_config *config = &drvdata->config;
 
-	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 16, &vpid);
+	/*
+	 * When contextID tracing is enabled the tracers will insert the
+	 * value found in the contextID register in the trace stream.  But if
+	 * a process is in a namespace the PID of that process as seen from the
+	 * namespace won't be what the kernel sees, something that makes the
+	 * feature confusing and can potentially leak kernel only information.
+	 * As such refuse to use the feature if @current is not in the initial
+	 * PID namespace.
+	 */
+	if (task_active_pid_ns(current) != &init_pid_ns)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 16, &pid);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	pid = coresight_vpid_to_pid(vpid);
-
 	spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
 	config->ctxid_pid[config->ctxid_idx] = pid;
-	config->ctxid_vpid[config->ctxid_idx] = vpid;
 	spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
 
 	return size;
@@ -1063,6 +1080,13 @@ static ssize_t ctxid_mask_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct etm_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
 	struct etm_config *config = &drvdata->config;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't use contextID tracing if coming from a PID namespace.  See
+	 * comment in ctxid_pid_store().
+	 */
+	if (task_active_pid_ns(current) != &init_pid_ns)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	val = config->ctxid_mask;
 	return sprintf(buf, "%#lx\n", val);
 }
@@ -1076,6 +1100,13 @@ static ssize_t ctxid_mask_store(struct device *dev,
 	struct etm_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
 	struct etm_config *config = &drvdata->config;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't use contextID tracing if coming from a PID namespace.  See
+	 * comment in ctxid_pid_store().
+	 */
+	if (task_active_pid_ns(current) != &init_pid_ns)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 16, &val);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
index 15ed64d51a5b..7c74263c333d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x.c
@@ -230,10 +230,8 @@ void etm_set_default(struct etm_config *config)
 
 	config->seq_curr_state = 0x0;
 	config->ctxid_idx = 0x0;
-	for (i = 0; i < ETM_MAX_CTXID_CMP; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < ETM_MAX_CTXID_CMP; i++)
 		config->ctxid_pid[i] = 0x0;
-		config->ctxid_vpid[i] = 0x0;
-	}
 
 	config->ctxid_mask = 0x0;
 	/* Setting default to 1024 as per TRM recommendation */