diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
index 9d61a71da96f..b4e5758b6c12 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ static void *etm_setup_aux(struct perf_event *event, void **pages,
 	if (event->attr.config2) {
 		id = (u32)event->attr.config2;
 		sink = coresight_get_sink_by_id(id);
-	} else {
-		sink = coresight_get_enabled_sink(true);
 	}
 
 	mask = &event_data->mask;