diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index 5e92359f51a7..0927b0b9c06b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Author: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
  */
 
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/coresight-pmu.h>
@@ -3468,7 +3469,13 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info_full(union perf_event *event,
 			goto err_free_metadata;
 		}
 
-		if ((int) metadata[j][CS_ETM_CPU] > max_cpu)
+		/* CPU id comes from perf.data and must fit max_cpu + 1 without overflow */
+		if (metadata[j][CS_ETM_CPU] >= INT_MAX) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_free_metadata;
+		}
+
+		if ((int)metadata[j][CS_ETM_CPU] > max_cpu)
 			max_cpu = metadata[j][CS_ETM_CPU];
 	}