diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
index 1884960cfe6f..8363c55b3952 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
@@ -920,8 +920,10 @@ static int etm4_enable_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev, struct coresight_pa
 	cscfg_config_sysfs_get_active_cfg(&cfg_hash, &preset);
 	if (cfg_hash) {
 		ret = cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config(csdev, cfg_hash, preset);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			etm4_release_trace_id(drvdata);
 			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	raw_spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);