diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
index 8ebd728d3a80..3bce1ec4c4bf 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
@@ -452,9 +452,14 @@ static void etm_event_start(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 	 * sink from this ETM. We can't do much in this case if
 	 * the sink was specified or hinted to the driver. For
 	 * now, simply don't record anything on this ETM.
+	 *
+	 * As such we pretend that everything is fine, and let
+	 * it continue without actually tracing. The event could
+	 * continue tracing when it moves to a CPU where it is
+	 * reachable to a sink.
 	 */
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &event_data->mask))
-		goto fail_end_stop;
+		goto out;
 
 	path = etm_event_cpu_path(event_data, cpu);
 	/* We need a sink, no need to continue without one */
@@ -466,16 +471,15 @@ static void etm_event_start(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 	if (coresight_enable_path(path, CS_MODE_PERF, handle))
 		goto fail_end_stop;
 
-	/* Tell the perf core the event is alive */
-	event->hw.state = 0;
-
 	/* Finally enable the tracer */
 	if (source_ops(csdev)->enable(csdev, event, CS_MODE_PERF))
 		goto fail_disable_path;
 
+out:
+	/* Tell the perf core the event is alive */
+	event->hw.state = 0;
 	/* Save the event_data for this ETM */
 	ctxt->event_data = event_data;
-out:
 	return;
 
 fail_disable_path:
@@ -485,7 +489,7 @@ static void etm_event_start(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
 	perf_aux_output_end(handle, 0);
 fail:
 	event->hw.state = PERF_HES_STOPPED;
-	goto out;
+	return;
 }
 
 static void etm_event_stop(struct perf_event *event, int mode)
@@ -517,6 +521,19 @@ static void etm_event_stop(struct perf_event *event, int mode)
 	if (WARN_ON(!event_data))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Check if this ETM was allowed to trace, as decided at
+	 * etm_setup_aux(). If it wasn't allowed to trace, then
+	 * nothing needs to be torn down other than outputting a
+	 * zero sized record.
+	 */
+	if (handle->event && (mode & PERF_EF_UPDATE) &&
+	    !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &event_data->mask)) {
+		event->hw.state = PERF_HES_STOPPED;
+		perf_aux_output_end(handle, 0);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!csdev)
 		return;