diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/etm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/etm.c
index d08062b493b75df0230c6e4f81ccee13d58c79f2..73b824acddf5b96c07d3dbb7cb63a5bc8b7b804d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/etm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/etm.c
@@ -558,7 +558,9 @@ static int __init etm_probe(struct amba_device *dev, struct amba_id *id)
 	t->etm_portsz = 1;
 
 	etm_unlock(t);
-	ret = etm_readl(t, ETMMR_PDSR);
+	(void)etm_readl(t, ETMMR_PDSR);
+	/* dummy first read */
+	(void)etm_readl(&tracer, ETMMR_OSSRR);
 
 	t->ncmppairs = etm_readl(t, ETMR_CONFCODE) & 0xf;
 	etm_writel(t, 0x440, ETMR_CTRL);