diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c
index 80b6b634a70d..4b010f8bc4c0 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ static int coresight_validate_source_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (coresight_is_percpu_source(csdev) && !cpu_online(csdev->cpu))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	return 0;
 }