diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
index 4bf86f8d2004..979b6142acc8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static void of_coresight_get_ports_legacy(const struct device_node *node,
 					  int *nr_inport, int *nr_outport)
 {
 	struct device_node *ep = NULL;
+	struct of_endpoint endpoint;
 	int in = 0, out = 0;
 
 	do {
@@ -74,10 +75,16 @@ static void of_coresight_get_ports_legacy(const struct device_node *node,
 		if (!ep)
 			break;
 
-		if (of_coresight_legacy_ep_is_input(ep))
-			in++;
-		else
-			out++;
+		if (of_graph_parse_endpoint(ep, &endpoint))
+			continue;
+
+		if (of_coresight_legacy_ep_is_input(ep)) {
+			in = (endpoint.port + 1 > in) ?
+				endpoint.port + 1 : in;
+		} else {
+			out = (endpoint.port + 1) > out ?
+				endpoint.port + 1 : out;
+		}
 
 	} while (ep);
 
@@ -117,9 +124,16 @@ of_coresight_count_ports(struct device_node *port_parent)
 {
 	int i = 0;
 	struct device_node *ep = NULL;
+	struct of_endpoint endpoint;
+
+	while ((ep = of_graph_get_next_endpoint(port_parent, ep))) {
+		/* Defer error handling to parsing */
+		if (of_graph_parse_endpoint(ep, &endpoint))
+			continue;
+		if (endpoint.port + 1 > i)
+			i = endpoint.port + 1;
+	}
 
-	while ((ep = of_graph_get_next_endpoint(port_parent, ep)))
-		i++;
 	return i;
 }
 
@@ -171,14 +185,12 @@ static int of_coresight_get_cpu(struct device *dev)
  * Parses the local port, remote device name and the remote port.
  *
  * Returns :
- *	 1	- If the parsing is successful and a connection record
- *		  was created for an output connection.
  *	 0	- If the parsing completed without any fatal errors.
  *	-Errno	- Fatal error, abort the scanning.
  */
 static int of_coresight_parse_endpoint(struct device *dev,
 				       struct device_node *ep,
-				       struct coresight_connection *conn)
+				       struct coresight_platform_data *pdata)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct of_endpoint endpoint, rendpoint;
@@ -189,6 +201,7 @@ static int of_coresight_parse_endpoint(struct device *dev,
 #endif
 	struct device *rdev = NULL;
 	struct fwnode_handle *rdev_fwnode;
+	struct coresight_connection *conn;
 
 	do {
 		/* Parse the local port details */
@@ -215,6 +228,14 @@ static int of_coresight_parse_endpoint(struct device *dev,
 			break;
 		}
 
+		conn = &pdata->conns[endpoint.port];
+		if (conn->child_fwnode) {
+			dev_warn(dev, "Duplicate output port %d\n",
+				endpoint.port);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		conn->outport = endpoint.port;
 		/*
 		 * Hold the refcount to the target device. This could be
@@ -236,7 +257,6 @@ static int of_coresight_parse_endpoint(struct device *dev,
 		}
 #endif
 		/* Connection record updated */
-		ret = 1;
 	} while (0);
 
 	of_node_put(rparent);
@@ -303,7 +323,6 @@ static int of_get_coresight_platform_data(struct device *dev,
 					  struct coresight_platform_data *pdata)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	struct coresight_connection *conn;
 	struct device_node *ep = NULL;
 	const struct device_node *parent = NULL;
 	bool legacy_binding = false;
@@ -337,8 +356,6 @@ static int of_get_coresight_platform_data(struct device *dev,
 		dev_warn_once(dev, "Uses obsolete Coresight DT bindings\n");
 	}
 
-	conn = pdata->conns;
-
 	/* Iterate through each output port to discover topology */
 	while ((ep = of_graph_get_next_endpoint(parent, ep))) {
 		/*
@@ -350,15 +367,9 @@ static int of_get_coresight_platform_data(struct device *dev,
 		if (legacy_binding && of_coresight_legacy_ep_is_input(ep))
 			continue;
 
-		ret = of_coresight_parse_endpoint(dev, ep, conn);
-		switch (ret) {
-		case 1:
-			conn++;		/* Fall through */
-		case 0:
-			break;
-		default:
+		ret = of_coresight_parse_endpoint(dev, ep, pdata);
+		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -697,6 +708,16 @@ static int acpi_coresight_parse_link(struct acpi_device *adev,
 		 *    coresight_remove_match().
 		 */
 		conn->child_fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(&r_adev->fwnode);
+	} else if (dir == ACPI_CORESIGHT_LINK_SLAVE) {
+		/*
+		 * We are only interested in the port number
+		 * for the input ports at this component.
+		 * Store the port number in child_port.
+		 */
+		conn->child_port = fields[0].integer.value;
+	} else {
+		/* Invalid direction */
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	return dir;
@@ -742,10 +763,20 @@ static int acpi_coresight_parse_graph(struct acpi_device *adev,
 			return dir;
 
 		if (dir == ACPI_CORESIGHT_LINK_MASTER) {
-			pdata->nr_outport++;
+			if (ptr->outport > pdata->nr_outport)
+				pdata->nr_outport = ptr->outport;
 			ptr++;
 		} else {
-			pdata->nr_inport++;
+			WARN_ON(pdata->nr_inport == ptr->child_port);
+			/*
+			 * We do not track input port connections for a device.
+			 * However we need the highest port number described,
+			 * which can be recorded now and reuse this connection
+			 * record for an output connection. Hence, do not move
+			 * the ptr for input connections
+			 */
+			if (ptr->child_port > pdata->nr_inport)
+				pdata->nr_inport = ptr->child_port;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -754,8 +785,14 @@ static int acpi_coresight_parse_graph(struct acpi_device *adev,
 		return rc;
 
 	/* Copy the connection information to the final location */
-	for (i = 0; i < pdata->nr_outport; i++)
-		pdata->conns[i] = conns[i];
+
+	for (i = 0; conns + i < ptr; i++) {
+		int port = conns[i].outport;
+
+		/* Duplicate output port */
+		WARN_ON(pdata->conns[port].child_fwnode);
+		pdata->conns[port] = conns[i];
+	}
 
 	devm_kfree(&adev->dev, conns);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
index 24b9a198ed49..0f00c8c47c38 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
@@ -1282,6 +1282,10 @@ static int coresight_orphan_match(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	for (i = 0; i < i_csdev->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
 		conn = &i_csdev->pdata->conns[i];
 
+		/* Skip the port if FW doesn't describe it */
+		if (!conn->child_fwnode)
+			continue;
+
 		/* We have found at least one orphan connection */
 		if (conn->child_dev == NULL) {
 			/* Does it match this newly added device? */
@@ -1321,6 +1325,8 @@ static void coresight_fixup_device_conns(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 		struct coresight_connection *conn = &csdev->pdata->conns[i];
 		struct device *dev = NULL;
 
+		if (!conn->child_fwnode)
+			continue;
 		dev = bus_find_device_by_fwnode(&coresight_bustype, conn->child_fwnode);
 		if (dev) {
 			conn->child_dev = to_coresight_device(dev);
@@ -1353,7 +1359,7 @@ static int coresight_remove_match(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	for (i = 0; i < iterator->pdata->nr_outport; i++) {
 		conn = &iterator->pdata->conns[i];
 
-		if (conn->child_dev == NULL)
+		if (conn->child_dev == NULL || conn->child_fwnode == NULL)
 			continue;
 
 		if (csdev->dev.fwnode == conn->child_fwnode) {
diff --git a/include/linux/coresight.h b/include/linux/coresight.h
index 54dad3f72357..60e1a6b38a79 100644
--- a/include/linux/coresight.h
+++ b/include/linux/coresight.h
@@ -104,10 +104,12 @@ struct coresight_reg_clk {
 };
 
 /**
- * struct coresight_platform_data - data harvested from the DT specification
- * @nr_inport:	number of input ports for this component.
- * @nr_outport:	number of output ports for this component.
- * @conns:	Array of nr_outport connections from this component
+ * struct coresight_platform_data - data harvested from the firmware
+ * specification.
+ *
+ * @nr_inport:	Number of elements for the input connections.
+ * @nr_outport:	Number of elements for the output connections.
+ * @conns:	Sparse array of nr_outport connections from this component.
  * @reg_clk:	The clock this component is associated to.
  */
 struct coresight_platform_data {