diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
index 105782ea64c7..13c0a601d3be 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
@@ -93,17 +93,9 @@ struct etb_drvdata {
 static int etb_set_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 			  struct perf_output_handle *handle);
 
-static unsigned int etb_get_buffer_depth(struct etb_drvdata *drvdata)
+static inline unsigned int etb_get_buffer_depth(struct etb_drvdata *drvdata)
 {
-	u32 depth = 0;
-
-	pm_runtime_get_sync(drvdata->dev);
-
-	/* RO registers don't need locking */
-	depth = readl_relaxed(drvdata->base + ETB_RAM_DEPTH_REG);
-
-	pm_runtime_put(drvdata->dev);
-	return depth;
+	return readl_relaxed(drvdata->base + ETB_RAM_DEPTH_REG);
 }
 
 static void __etb_enable_hw(struct etb_drvdata *drvdata)
@@ -720,7 +712,6 @@ static int etb_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 	spin_lock_init(&drvdata->spinlock);
 
 	drvdata->buffer_depth = etb_get_buffer_depth(drvdata);
-	pm_runtime_put(&adev->dev);
 
 	if (drvdata->buffer_depth & 0x80000000)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -747,6 +738,7 @@ static int etb_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_misc_register;
 
+	pm_runtime_put(&adev->dev);
 	return 0;
 
 err_misc_register: