diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
index a49753f0d20f..f535027ce862 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ static const char * const metadata_ete_ro[] = {
 
 enum cs_etm_version { CS_NOT_PRESENT, CS_ETMV3, CS_ETMV4, CS_ETE };
 
+
+/* ETMv3 ETMCR register bits */
+#define ETMCR_CYC_ACC		BIT(12)
+#define ETMCR_TIMESTAMP_EN	BIT(28)
+#define ETMCR_RETURN_STACK	BIT(29)
+
 static bool cs_etm_is_ete(struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu, struct perf_cpu cpu);
 static int cs_etm_get_ro(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_cpu cpu, const char *path, __u64 *val);
 static bool cs_etm_pmu_path_exists(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_cpu cpu, const char *path);
@@ -484,6 +490,33 @@ static int cs_etm_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static u64 cs_etm_synth_etmcr(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
+{
+	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
+		container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr);
+	struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu = ptr->cs_etm_pmu;
+	struct evsel *evsel = cs_etm_get_evsel(ptr->evlist, cs_etm_pmu);
+	u64 etmcr = 0;
+	u64 val;
+
+	if (!evsel)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Synthesize what the kernel programmed into ETMCR based on
+	 * what options the event was opened with. This doesn't have to be
+	 * complete or 100% accurate, not all bits used by OpenCSD anyway.
+	 */
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(evsel, "cycacc", &val) && val)
+		etmcr |= ETMCR_CYC_ACC;
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(evsel, "timestamp", &val) && val)
+		etmcr |= ETMCR_TIMESTAMP_EN;
+	if (!evsel__get_config_val(evsel, "retstack", &val) && val)
+		etmcr |= ETMCR_RETURN_STACK;
+
+	return etmcr;
+}
+
 static u64 cs_etm_get_config(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
 {
 	struct cs_etm_recording *ptr =
@@ -743,7 +776,7 @@ static void cs_etm_get_metadata(struct perf_cpu cpu, u32 *offset,
 	case CS_ETMV3:
 		magic = __perf_cs_etmv3_magic;
 		/* Get configuration register */
-		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_ETMCR] = cs_etm_get_config(itr);
+		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_ETMCR] = cs_etm_synth_etmcr(itr);
 		/* traceID set to legacy value in case new perf running on old system */
 		info->priv[*offset + CS_ETM_ETMTRACEIDR] = cs_etm_get_legacy_trace_id(cpu);
 		/* Get read-only information from sysFS */