diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index 789707bc4e9e..ffc4fe5c0b7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,39 @@ static int cs_etm__flush(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int cs_etm__end_block(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	/*
+	 * It has no new packet coming and 'etmq->packet' contains the stale
+	 * packet which was set at the previous time with packets swapping;
+	 * so skip to generate branch sample to avoid stale packet.
+	 *
+	 * For this case only flush branch stack and generate a last branch
+	 * event for the branches left in the circular buffer at the end of
+	 * the trace.
+	 */
+	if (etmq->etm->synth_opts.last_branch &&
+	    etmq->prev_packet->sample_type == CS_ETM_RANGE) {
+		/*
+		 * Use the address of the end of the last reported execution
+		 * range.
+		 */
+		u64 addr = cs_etm__last_executed_instr(etmq->prev_packet);
+
+		err = cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(
+			etmq, addr,
+			etmq->period_instructions);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		etmq->period_instructions = 0;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int cs_etm__run_decoder(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
 {
 	struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm = etmq->etm;
@@ -1137,7 +1170,7 @@ static int cs_etm__run_decoder(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
 
 		if (err == 0)
 			/* Flush any remaining branch stack entries */
-			err = cs_etm__flush(etmq);
+			err = cs_etm__end_block(etmq);
 	}
 
 	return err;