diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h
index 82e563cdc879..56379d4a7ede 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ enum cs_mode {
  * struct cs_buffer - keep track of a recording session' specifics
  * @cur:	index of the current buffer
  * @nr_pages:	max number of pages granted to us
+ * @pid:	PID this cs_buffer belongs to
  * @offset:	offset within the current buffer
  * @data_size:	how much we collected in this run
  * @snapshot:	is this run in snapshot mode
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ enum cs_mode {
 struct cs_buffers {
 	unsigned int		cur;
 	unsigned int		nr_pages;
+	pid_t			pid;
 	unsigned long		offset;
 	local_t			data_size;
 	bool			snapshot;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
index 6375504ba8b0..a5d70d09d2bd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static int tmc_enable_etf_sink_perf(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(csdev->dev.parent);
 	struct perf_output_handle *handle = data;
+	struct cs_buffers *buf = etm_perf_sink_config(handle);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
 	do {
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ static int tmc_enable_etf_sink_perf(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data)
 		}
 
 		/* Get a handle on the pid of the process to monitor */
-		pid = task_pid_nr(handle->event->owner);
+		pid = buf->pid;
 
 		if (drvdata->pid != -1 && drvdata->pid != pid) {
 			ret = -EBUSY;
@@ -399,6 +400,7 @@ static void *tmc_alloc_etf_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;
 
+	buf->pid = task_pid_nr(event->owner);
 	buf->snapshot = overwrite;
 	buf->nr_pages = nr_pages;
 	buf->data_pages = pages;