diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index e664292222c4..24b9f1e86f5d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,8 @@ ssize_t tmc_etr_get_sysfs_trace(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata,
 static struct etr_buf *
 tmc_etr_setup_sysfs_buf(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata)
 {
-	if (drvdata->byte_cntr->sw_usb)
+	if (drvdata->out_mode == TMC_ETR_OUT_MODE_USB
+		&& drvdata->byte_cntr->sw_usb)
 		return tmc_alloc_etr_buf(drvdata, TMC_ETR_SW_USB_BUF_SIZE,
 				 0, cpu_to_node(0), NULL);
 	else