diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
index 989d965f3d90..8978f3410bee 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static unsigned long tmc_update_etf_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 		buf_ptr = buf->data_pages[cur] + offset;
 		*buf_ptr = readl_relaxed(drvdata->base + TMC_RRD);
 
-		if (lost && *barrier) {
+		if (lost && i < CORESIGHT_BARRIER_PKT_SIZE) {
 			*buf_ptr = *barrier;
 			barrier++;
 		}