diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-byte-cntr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-byte-cntr.c
index 18a44f24384d..907a71db6070 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-byte-cntr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-byte-cntr.c
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ static int tmc_etr_byte_cntr_release(struct inode *in, struct file *fp)
 	mutex_lock(&byte_cntr_data->byte_cntr_lock);
 	byte_cntr_data->read_active = false;
 
-	coresight_csr_set_byte_cntr(byte_cntr_data->csr, 0);
+	if (byte_cntr_data->enable)
+		coresight_csr_set_byte_cntr(byte_cntr_data->csr, 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&byte_cntr_data->byte_cntr_lock);
 
 	return 0;