diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
index c6238e20868534621e7edae22455e50eee586de3..473ab7480a362271e77d884ed230008abca40921 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
@@ -859,6 +859,30 @@ static bool etm4_init_csdev_access(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata,
 	return false;
 }
 
+static void cpu_enable_tracing(void)
+{
+	u64 dfr0 = read_sysreg(id_aa64dfr0_el1);
+	u64 trfcr;
+
+	if (!cpuid_feature_extract_unsigned_field(dfr0, ID_AA64DFR0_TRACE_FILT_SHIFT))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the CPU supports v8.4 SelfHosted Tracing, enable
+	 * tracing at the kernel EL and EL0, forcing to use the
+	 * virtual time as the timestamp.
+	 */
+	trfcr = (TRFCR_ELx_TS_VIRTUAL |
+		 TRFCR_ELx_ExTRE |
+		 TRFCR_ELx_E0TRE);
+
+	/* If we are running at EL2, allow tracing the CONTEXTIDR_EL2. */
+	if (is_kernel_in_hyp_mode())
+		trfcr |= TRFCR_EL2_CX;
+
+	write_sysreg_s(trfcr, SYS_TRFCR_EL1);
+}
+
 static void etm4_init_arch_data(void *info)
 {
 	u32 etmidr0;
@@ -1044,6 +1068,7 @@ static void etm4_init_arch_data(void *info)
 	/* NUMCNTR, bits[30:28] number of counters available for tracing */
 	drvdata->nr_cntr = BMVAL(etmidr5, 28, 30);
 	etm4_cs_lock(drvdata, csa);
+	cpu_enable_tracing();
 }
 
 static inline u32 etm4_get_victlr_access_type(struct etmv4_config *config)