diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index 3369d7a80a51d1f185d661aaca59be4d5a2264a5..688be9e060fc547f57a259bae61a49579edfa8e8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -300,13 +300,10 @@ int tmc_read_unprepare_etr(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata)
 	if (local_read(&drvdata->mode) == CS_MODE_SYSFS) {
 		/*
 		 * The trace run will continue with the same allocated trace
-		 * buffer. As such zero-out the buffer so that we don't end
-		 * up with stale data.
-		 *
-		 * Since the tracer is still enabled drvdata::buf
-		 * can't be NULL.
+		 * buffer. The trace buffer is cleared in tmc_etr_enable_hw(),
+		 * so we don't have to explicitly clear it. Also, since the
+		 * tracer is still enabled drvdata::buf can't be NULL.
 		 */
-		memset(drvdata->buf, 0, drvdata->size);
 		tmc_etr_enable_hw(drvdata);
 	} else {
 		/*