diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
index 306119eaf16a626c10133ff50b7423f7bc4bc35f..0dad8626bcfbf422f2a04c73304ab169ddb028eb 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ static int etb_enable(struct coresight_device *csdev, u32 mode)
 	if (val == CS_MODE_PERF)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	/* Don't let perf disturb sysFS sessions */
+	if (val == CS_MODE_SYSFS && mode == CS_MODE_PERF)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	/* Nothing to do, the tracer is already enabled. */
 	if (val == CS_MODE_SYSFS)
 		goto out;