diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
index b9ebc9fcfb7f..90fd937d3bd8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-config.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ struct cscfg_feature_csdev {
  * @feats_csdev:references to the device features to enable.
  */
 struct cscfg_config_csdev {
-	const struct cscfg_config_desc *config_desc;
+	struct cscfg_config_desc *config_desc;
 	struct coresight_device *csdev;
 	bool enabled;
 	struct list_head node;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
index 86893115df17..6218ef40acbc 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
@@ -986,6 +986,9 @@ static void etm4_disable_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 	smp_call_function_single(drvdata->cpu, etm4_disable_hw, drvdata, 1);

 	raw_spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
+
+	cscfg_csdev_disable_active_config(csdev);
+
 	cpus_read_unlock();

 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c
index a70c1454b410..8766f72db33e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c
@@ -391,14 +391,17 @@ static void cscfg_owner_put(struct cscfg_load_owner_info *owner_info)
 static void cscfg_remove_owned_csdev_configs(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *load_owner)
 {
 	struct cscfg_config_csdev *config_csdev, *tmp;
+	unsigned long flags;

 	if (list_empty(&csdev->config_csdev_list))
 		return;

+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&csdev->cscfg_csdev_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(config_csdev, tmp, &csdev->config_csdev_list, node) {
 		if (config_csdev->config_desc->load_owner == load_owner)
 			list_del(&config_csdev->node);
 	}
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&csdev->cscfg_csdev_lock, flags);
 }

 static void cscfg_remove_owned_csdev_features(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *load_owner)
@@ -867,6 +870,28 @@ void cscfg_csdev_reset_feats(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cscfg_csdev_reset_feats);

+static bool cscfg_config_desc_get(struct cscfg_config_desc *config_desc, bool enable)
+{
+	if (enable)
+		return atomic_inc_not_zero(&config_desc->active_cnt);
+
+	/* when activate config */
+
+	/* must ensure that config cannot be unloaded in use */
+	if (cscfg_owner_get(config_desc->load_owner))
+		return false;
+
+	atomic_inc(&config_desc->active_cnt);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void cscfg_config_desc_put(struct cscfg_config_desc *config_desc)
+{
+	if (!atomic_dec_return(&config_desc->active_cnt))
+		cscfg_owner_put(config_desc->load_owner);
+}
+
 /*
  * This activate configuration for either perf or sysfs. Perf can have multiple
  * active configs, selected per event, sysfs is limited to one.
@@ -890,22 +915,17 @@ static int _cscfg_activate_config(unsigned long cfg_hash)
 			if (config_desc->available == false)
 				return -EBUSY;

-			/* must ensure that config cannot be unloaded in use */
-			err = cscfg_owner_get(config_desc->load_owner);
-			if (err)
+			if (!cscfg_config_desc_get(config_desc, false)) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
 				break;
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * increment the global active count - control changes to
 			 * active configurations
 			 */
 			atomic_inc(&cscfg_mgr->sys_active_cnt);

-			/*
-			 * mark the descriptor as active so enable config on a
-			 * device instance will use it
-			 */
-			atomic_inc(&config_desc->active_cnt);
-
 			err = 0;
 			dev_dbg(cscfg_device(), "Activate config %s.\n", config_desc->name);
 			break;
@@ -920,9 +940,8 @@ static void _cscfg_deactivate_config(unsigned long cfg_hash)

 	list_for_each_entry(config_desc, &cscfg_mgr->config_desc_list, item) {
 		if ((unsigned long)config_desc->event_ea->var == cfg_hash) {
-			atomic_dec(&config_desc->active_cnt);
 			atomic_dec(&cscfg_mgr->sys_active_cnt);
-			cscfg_owner_put(config_desc->load_owner);
+			cscfg_config_desc_put(config_desc);
 			dev_dbg(cscfg_device(), "Deactivate config %s.\n", config_desc->name);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1047,7 +1066,7 @@ int cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 				     unsigned long cfg_hash, int preset)
 {
 	struct cscfg_config_csdev *config_csdev_active = NULL, *config_csdev_item;
-	const struct cscfg_config_desc *config_desc;
+	struct cscfg_config_desc *config_desc;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int err = 0;

@@ -1062,8 +1081,8 @@ int cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&csdev->cscfg_csdev_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(config_csdev_item, &csdev->config_csdev_list, node) {
 		config_desc = config_csdev_item->config_desc;
-		if ((atomic_read(&config_desc->active_cnt)) &&
-		    ((unsigned long)config_desc->event_ea->var == cfg_hash)) {
+		if (((unsigned long)config_desc->event_ea->var == cfg_hash) &&
+				cscfg_config_desc_get(config_desc, true)) {
 			config_csdev_active = config_csdev_item;
 			csdev->active_cscfg_ctxt = (void *)config_csdev_active;
 			break;
@@ -1097,7 +1116,11 @@ int cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 				err = -EBUSY;
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&csdev->cscfg_csdev_lock, flags);
 		}
+
+		if (err)
+			cscfg_config_desc_put(config_desc);
 	}
+
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config);
@@ -1136,8 +1159,10 @@ void cscfg_csdev_disable_active_config(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&csdev->cscfg_csdev_lock, flags);

 	/* true if there was an enabled active config */
-	if (config_csdev)
+	if (config_csdev) {
 		cscfg_csdev_disable_config(config_csdev);
+		cscfg_config_desc_put(config_csdev->config_desc);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cscfg_csdev_disable_active_config);

