diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index 16689fe4ba98..12cfca3712a0 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -236,60 +236,46 @@ void coresight_disclaim_device(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_disclaim_device);
 
-/* enable or disable an associated CTI device of the supplied CS device */
-static int
-coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(struct coresight_device *csdev, bool enable)
+/*
+ * Add a helper as an output device. This function takes the @coresight_mutex
+ * because it's assumed that it's called from the helper device, outside of the
+ * core code where the mutex would already be held. Don't add new calls to this
+ * from inside the core code, instead try to add the new helper to the DT and
+ * ACPI where it will be picked up and linked automatically.
+ */
+void coresight_add_helper(struct coresight_device *csdev,
+			  struct coresight_device *helper)
 {
-	int ect_ret = 0;
-	struct coresight_device *ect_csdev = csdev->ect_dev;
-	struct module *mod;
+	int i;
+	struct coresight_connection conn = {};
+	struct coresight_connection *new_conn;
 
-	if (!ect_csdev)
-		return 0;
-	if ((!ect_ops(ect_csdev)->enable) || (!ect_ops(ect_csdev)->disable))
-		return 0;
+	lockdep_assert_not_held(&coresight_mutex);
+	might_sleep();
+	mutex_lock(&coresight_mutex);
+	conn.dest_fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(dev_fwnode(&helper->dev));
+	conn.dest_dev = helper;
+	conn.dest_port = conn.src_port = -1;
+	conn.src_dev = csdev;
 
-	mod = ect_csdev->dev.parent->driver->owner;
-	if (enable) {
-		if (try_module_get(mod)) {
-			ect_ret = ect_ops(ect_csdev)->enable(ect_csdev);
-			if (ect_ret) {
-				module_put(mod);
-			} else {
-				get_device(ect_csdev->dev.parent);
-				csdev->ect_enabled = true;
-			}
-		} else
-			ect_ret = -ENODEV;
-	} else {
-		if (csdev->ect_enabled) {
-			ect_ret = ect_ops(ect_csdev)->disable(ect_csdev);
-			put_device(ect_csdev->dev.parent);
-			module_put(mod);
-			csdev->ect_enabled = false;
-		}
-	}
+	/*
+	 * Check for duplicates because this is called every time a helper
+	 * device is re-loaded. Existing connections will get re-linked
+	 * automatically.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < csdev->pdata->nr_outconns; ++i)
+		if (csdev->pdata->out_conns[i]->dest_fwnode == conn.dest_fwnode)
+			goto unlock;
 
-	/* output warning if ECT enable is preventing trace operation */
-	if (ect_ret)
-		dev_info(&csdev->dev, "Associated ECT device (%s) %s failed\n",
-			 dev_name(&ect_csdev->dev),
-			 enable ? "enable" : "disable");
-	return ect_ret;
-}
+	new_conn =
+		coresight_add_out_conn(csdev->dev.parent, csdev->pdata, &conn);
+	if (!IS_ERR(new_conn))
+		coresight_add_in_conn(new_conn);
 
-/*
- * Set the associated ect / cti device while holding the coresight_mutex
- * to avoid a race with coresight_enable that may try to use this value.
- */
-void coresight_set_assoc_ectdev_mutex(struct coresight_device *csdev,
-				      struct coresight_device *ect_csdev)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&coresight_mutex);
-	csdev->ect_dev = ect_csdev;
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&coresight_mutex);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_set_assoc_ectdev_mutex);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_add_helper);
 
 static int coresight_enable_sink(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 				 enum cs_mode mode, void *data)
@@ -303,12 +289,8 @@ static int coresight_enable_sink(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 	if (!sink_ops(csdev)->enable)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, true);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
 	ret = sink_ops(csdev)->enable(csdev, mode, data);
 	if (ret) {
-		coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, false);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	csdev->enable = true;
@@ -326,7 +308,6 @@ static void coresight_disable_sink(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 	ret = sink_ops(csdev)->disable(csdev);
 	if (ret)
 		return;
-	coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, false);
 	csdev->enable = false;
 }
 
@@ -351,17 +332,11 @@ static int coresight_enable_link(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 		return PTR_ERR(outconn);
 
 	if (link_ops(csdev)->enable) {
-		ret = coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, true);
-		if (!ret) {
-			ret = link_ops(csdev)->enable(csdev, inconn, outconn);
-			if (ret)
-				coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, false);
-		}
+		ret = link_ops(csdev)->enable(csdev, inconn, outconn);
+		if (!ret)
+			csdev->enable = true;
 	}
 
-	if (!ret)
-		csdev->enable = true;
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -382,7 +357,6 @@ static void coresight_disable_link(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 
 	if (link_ops(csdev)->disable) {
 		link_ops(csdev)->disable(csdev, inconn, outconn);
-		coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, false);
 	}
 
 	if (link_subtype == CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_LINK_MERG) {
@@ -410,14 +384,9 @@ int coresight_enable_source(struct coresight_device *csdev, enum cs_mode mode,
 
 	if (!csdev->enable) {
 		if (source_ops(csdev)->enable) {
-			ret = coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, true);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
 			ret = source_ops(csdev)->enable(csdev, data, mode);
-			if (ret) {
-				coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, false);
+			if (ret)
 				return ret;
-			}
 		}
 		csdev->enable = true;
 	}
@@ -488,7 +457,6 @@ bool coresight_disable_source(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data)
 	if (atomic_dec_return(&csdev->refcnt) == 0) {
 		if (source_ops(csdev)->disable)
 			source_ops(csdev)->disable(csdev, data);
-		coresight_control_assoc_ectdev(csdev, false);
 		coresight_disable_helpers(csdev);
 		csdev->enable = false;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-core.c
index 277c890a1f1f..7023ff70cc28 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-core.c
@@ -555,7 +555,10 @@ static void cti_add_assoc_to_csdev(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 	mutex_lock(&ect_mutex);
 
 	/* exit if current is an ECT device.*/
-	if ((csdev->type == CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_ECT) || list_empty(&ect_net))
+	if ((csdev->type == CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER &&
+	     csdev->subtype.helper_subtype ==
+		     CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_ECT_CTI) ||
+	    list_empty(&ect_net))
 		goto cti_add_done;
 
 	/* if we didn't find the csdev previously we used the fwnode name */
@@ -571,8 +574,7 @@ static void cti_add_assoc_to_csdev(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 			 * if we found a matching csdev then update the ECT
 			 * association pointer for the device with this CTI.
 			 */
-			coresight_set_assoc_ectdev_mutex(csdev,
-							 ect_item->csdev);
+			coresight_add_helper(csdev, ect_item->csdev);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -582,26 +584,30 @@ static void cti_add_assoc_to_csdev(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 
 /*
  * Removing the associated devices is easier.
- * A CTI will not have a value for csdev->ect_dev.
  */
 static void cti_remove_assoc_from_csdev(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 {
 	struct cti_drvdata *ctidrv;
 	struct cti_trig_con *tc;
 	struct cti_device *ctidev;
+	union coresight_dev_subtype cti_subtype = {
+		.helper_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_ECT_CTI
+	};
+	struct coresight_device *cti_csdev = coresight_find_output_type(
+		csdev->pdata, CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER, cti_subtype);
+
+	if (!cti_csdev)
+		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ect_mutex);
-	if (csdev->ect_dev) {
-		ctidrv = csdev_to_cti_drvdata(csdev->ect_dev);
-		ctidev = &ctidrv->ctidev;
-		list_for_each_entry(tc, &ctidev->trig_cons, node) {
-			if (tc->con_dev == csdev) {
-				cti_remove_sysfs_link(ctidrv, tc);
-				tc->con_dev = NULL;
-				break;
-			}
+	ctidrv = csdev_to_cti_drvdata(cti_csdev);
+	ctidev = &ctidrv->ctidev;
+	list_for_each_entry(tc, &ctidev->trig_cons, node) {
+		if (tc->con_dev == csdev) {
+			cti_remove_sysfs_link(ctidrv, tc);
+			tc->con_dev = NULL;
+			break;
 		}
-		csdev->ect_dev = NULL;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ect_mutex);
 }
@@ -630,8 +636,8 @@ static void cti_update_conn_xrefs(struct cti_drvdata *drvdata)
 			/* if we can set the sysfs link */
 			if (cti_add_sysfs_link(drvdata, tc))
 				/* set the CTI/csdev association */
-				coresight_set_assoc_ectdev_mutex(tc->con_dev,
-							 drvdata->csdev);
+				coresight_add_helper(tc->con_dev,
+						     drvdata->csdev);
 			else
 				/* otherwise remove reference from CTI */
 				tc->con_dev = NULL;
@@ -646,8 +652,6 @@ static void cti_remove_conn_xrefs(struct cti_drvdata *drvdata)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(tc, &ctidev->trig_cons, node) {
 		if (tc->con_dev) {
-			coresight_set_assoc_ectdev_mutex(tc->con_dev,
-							 NULL);
 			cti_remove_sysfs_link(drvdata, tc);
 			tc->con_dev = NULL;
 		}
@@ -795,27 +799,27 @@ static void cti_pm_release(struct cti_drvdata *drvdata)
 }
 
 /** cti ect operations **/
-int cti_enable(struct coresight_device *csdev)
+int cti_enable(struct coresight_device *csdev, enum cs_mode mode, void *data)
 {
 	struct cti_drvdata *drvdata = csdev_to_cti_drvdata(csdev);
 
 	return cti_enable_hw(drvdata);
 }
 
-int cti_disable(struct coresight_device *csdev)
+int cti_disable(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data)
 {
 	struct cti_drvdata *drvdata = csdev_to_cti_drvdata(csdev);
 
 	return cti_disable_hw(drvdata);
 }
 
-static const struct coresight_ops_ect cti_ops_ect = {
+static const struct coresight_ops_helper cti_ops_ect = {
 	.enable = cti_enable,
 	.disable = cti_disable,
 };
 
 static const struct coresight_ops cti_ops = {
-	.ect_ops = &cti_ops_ect,
+	.helper_ops = &cti_ops_ect,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -922,8 +926,8 @@ static int cti_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 
 	/* set up coresight component description */
 	cti_desc.pdata = pdata;
-	cti_desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_ECT;
-	cti_desc.subtype.ect_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_ECT_CTI;
+	cti_desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER;
+	cti_desc.subtype.helper_subtype = CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_ECT_CTI;
 	cti_desc.ops = &cti_ops;
 	cti_desc.groups = drvdata->ctidev.con_groups;
 	cti_desc.dev = dev;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-sysfs.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-sysfs.c
index e528cff9d4e2..d25dd2737b49 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti-sysfs.c
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ static ssize_t enable_store(struct device *dev,
 		ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(dev->parent);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-		ret = cti_enable(drvdata->csdev);
+		ret = cti_enable(drvdata->csdev, CS_MODE_SYSFS, NULL);
 		if (ret)
 			pm_runtime_put(dev->parent);
 	} else {
-		ret = cti_disable(drvdata->csdev);
+		ret = cti_disable(drvdata->csdev, NULL);
 		if (!ret)
 			pm_runtime_put(dev->parent);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.h
index 8b106b13a244..cb9ee616d01f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.h
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ int cti_add_connection_entry(struct device *dev, struct cti_drvdata *drvdata,
 			     const char *assoc_dev_name);
 struct cti_trig_con *cti_allocate_trig_con(struct device *dev, int in_sigs,
 					   int out_sigs);
-int cti_enable(struct coresight_device *csdev);
-int cti_disable(struct coresight_device *csdev);
+int cti_enable(struct coresight_device *csdev, enum cs_mode mode, void *data);
+int cti_disable(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data);
 void cti_write_all_hw_regs(struct cti_drvdata *drvdata);
 void cti_write_intack(struct device *dev, u32 ackval);
 void cti_write_single_reg(struct cti_drvdata *drvdata, int offset, u32 value);
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h
index 5575014f73e0..1801ff4e467b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-priv.h
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ void coresight_release_platform_data(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 				     struct coresight_platform_data *pdata);
 struct coresight_device *
 coresight_find_csdev_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *r_fwnode);
-void coresight_set_assoc_ectdev_mutex(struct coresight_device *csdev,
-				      struct coresight_device *ect_csdev);
+void coresight_add_helper(struct coresight_device *csdev,
+			  struct coresight_device *helper);
 
 void coresight_set_percpu_sink(int cpu, struct coresight_device *csdev);
 struct coresight_device *coresight_get_percpu_sink(int cpu);
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c
index 464ba5e1343b..dd78e9fcfc4d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-sysfs.c
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ int coresight_make_links(struct coresight_device *orig,
 	char *outs = NULL, *ins = NULL;
 	struct coresight_sysfs_link *link = NULL;
 
+	/* Helper devices aren't shown in sysfs */
+	if (conn->dest_port == -1 && conn->src_port == -1)
+		return 0;
+
 	do {
 		outs = devm_kasprintf(&orig->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
 				      "out:%d", conn->src_port);
diff --git a/include/linux/coresight.h b/include/linux/coresight.h
index 61dfbab5fa98..225a5fa71baf 100644
--- a/include/linux/coresight.h
+++ b/include/linux/coresight.h
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ enum coresight_dev_type {
 	CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINK,
 	CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_LINKSINK,
 	CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE,
-	CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER,
-	CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_ECT,
+	CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_HELPER
 };
 
 enum coresight_dev_subtype_sink {
@@ -66,12 +65,7 @@ enum coresight_dev_subtype_source {
 
 enum coresight_dev_subtype_helper {
 	CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_CATU,
-};
-
-/* Embedded Cross Trigger (ECT) sub-types */
-enum coresight_dev_subtype_ect {
-	CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_ECT_NONE,
-	CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_ECT_CTI,
+	CORESIGHT_DEV_SUBTYPE_HELPER_ECT_CTI
 };
 
 /**
@@ -84,8 +78,6 @@ enum coresight_dev_subtype_ect {
  *			by @coresight_dev_subtype_source.
  * @helper_subtype:	type of helper this component is, as defined
  *			by @coresight_dev_subtype_helper.
- * @ect_subtype:        type of cross trigger this component is, as
- *			defined by @coresight_dev_subtype_ect
  */
 union coresight_dev_subtype {
 	/* We have some devices which acts as LINK and SINK */
@@ -95,7 +87,6 @@ union coresight_dev_subtype {
 	};
 	enum coresight_dev_subtype_source source_subtype;
 	enum coresight_dev_subtype_helper helper_subtype;
-	enum coresight_dev_subtype_ect ect_subtype;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -239,8 +230,6 @@ struct coresight_sysfs_link {
  *		from source to that sink.
  * @ea:		Device attribute for sink representation under PMU directory.
  * @def_sink:	cached reference to default sink found for this device.
- * @ect_dev:	Associated cross trigger device. Not part of the trace data
- *		path or connections.
  * @nr_links:   number of sysfs links created to other components from this
  *		device. These will appear in the "connections" group.
  * @has_conns_grp: Have added a "connections" group for sysfs links.
@@ -263,12 +252,9 @@ struct coresight_device {
 	bool activated;	/* true only if a sink is part of a path */
 	struct dev_ext_attribute *ea;
 	struct coresight_device *def_sink;
-	/* cross trigger handling */
-	struct coresight_device *ect_dev;
 	/* sysfs links between components */
 	int nr_links;
 	bool has_conns_grp;
-	bool ect_enabled; /* true only if associated ect device is enabled */
 	/* system configuration and feature lists */
 	struct list_head feature_csdev_list;
 	struct list_head config_csdev_list;
@@ -380,23 +366,11 @@ struct coresight_ops_helper {
 	int (*disable)(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data);
 };
 
-/**
- * struct coresight_ops_ect - Ops for an embedded cross trigger device
- *
- * @enable	: Enable the device
- * @disable	: Disable the device
- */
-struct coresight_ops_ect {
-	int (*enable)(struct coresight_device *csdev);
-	int (*disable)(struct coresight_device *csdev);
-};
-
 struct coresight_ops {
 	const struct coresight_ops_sink *sink_ops;
 	const struct coresight_ops_link *link_ops;
 	const struct coresight_ops_source *source_ops;
 	const struct coresight_ops_helper *helper_ops;
-	const struct coresight_ops_ect *ect_ops;
 };
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT)
