diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig
index dfe407cde262..c1198245461d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Coresight configuration
 #
 menuconfig CORESIGHT
-	bool "CoreSight Tracing Support"
+	tristate "CoreSight Tracing Support"
 	depends on ARM || ARM64
 	depends on OF || ACPI
 	select ARM_AMBA
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ menuconfig CORESIGHT
 	  specification and configure the right series of components when a
 	  trace source gets enabled.
 
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+	  module will be called coresight.
+
 if CORESIGHT
 config CORESIGHT_LINKS_AND_SINKS
 	tristate "CoreSight Link and Sink drivers"
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
index 27034bd4d3c7..f20e357758d1 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 #
 # Makefile for CoreSight drivers.
 #
-obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT) += coresight.o coresight-etm-perf.o \
-			   coresight-platform.o coresight-sysfs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT) += coresight.o
+coresight-y := coresight-core.o  coresight-etm-perf.o coresight-platform.o \
+		coresight-sysfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_LINK_AND_SINK_TMC) += coresight-tmc.o
 coresight-tmc-y := coresight-tmc-core.o coresight-tmc-etf.o \
 		      coresight-tmc-etr.o
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
similarity index 98%
rename from drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
rename to drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index 5aebdbe293f2..6994c1309b2b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -1452,16 +1452,6 @@ int coresight_timeout(void __iomem *addr, u32 offset, int position, int value)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_timeout);
 
-struct bus_type coresight_bustype = {
-	.name	= "coresight",
-};
-
-static int __init coresight_init(void)
-{
-	return bus_register(&coresight_bustype);
-}
-postcore_initcall(coresight_init);
-
 /*
  * coresight_release_platform_data: Release references to the devices connected
  * to the output port of this device.
@@ -1670,3 +1660,35 @@ char *coresight_alloc_device_name(struct coresight_dev_list *dict,
 	return name;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_alloc_device_name);
+
+struct bus_type coresight_bustype = {
+	.name	= "coresight",
+};
+
+static int __init coresight_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = bus_register(&coresight_bustype);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = etm_perf_init();
+	if (ret)
+		bus_unregister(&coresight_bustype);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit coresight_exit(void)
+{
+	etm_perf_exit();
+	bus_unregister(&coresight_bustype);
+}
+
+module_init(coresight_init);
+module_exit(coresight_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Pratik Patel <pratikp@codeaurora.org>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Arm CoreSight tracer driver");
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
index 47894a0dcf5e..c2c9b127d074 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ void etm_perf_del_symlink_sink(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 	csdev->ea = NULL;
 }
 
-static int __init etm_perf_init(void)
+int __init etm_perf_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -626,4 +626,8 @@ static int __init etm_perf_init(void)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-device_initcall(etm_perf_init);
+
+void __exit etm_perf_exit(void)
+{
+	perf_pmu_unregister(&etm_pmu);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h
index 05f89723e282..3e4f2ad5e193 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.h
@@ -82,4 +82,7 @@ static inline void *etm_perf_sink_config(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_CORESIGHT */
 
+int __init etm_perf_init(void);
+void __exit etm_perf_exit(void);
+
 #endif