diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index 867ad8bb9b0c..368f2e5a8627 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ tmc_etr_buf_insert_barrier_packet(struct etr_buf *etr_buf, u64 offset)
 
 	len = tmc_etr_buf_get_data(etr_buf, offset,
 				   CORESIGHT_BARRIER_PKT_SIZE, &bufp);
-	if (WARN_ON(len < CORESIGHT_BARRIER_PKT_SIZE))
+	if (WARN_ON(len < 0 || len < CORESIGHT_BARRIER_PKT_SIZE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	coresight_insert_barrier_packet(bufp);
 	return offset + CORESIGHT_BARRIER_PKT_SIZE;