diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index dabec7073aed..d3523f0262af 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ int coresight_enable_path(struct coresight_path *path, enum cs_mode mode,
 		/* Enable all helpers adjacent to the path first */
 		ret = coresight_enable_helpers(csdev, mode, path);
 		if (ret)
-			goto err;
+			goto err_disable_path;
 		/*
 		 * ETF devices are tricky... They can be a link or a sink,
 		 * depending on how they are configured.  If an ETF has been
@@ -486,8 +486,10 @@ int coresight_enable_path(struct coresight_path *path, enum cs_mode mode,
 			 * that need disabling. Disabling the path here
 			 * would mean we could disrupt an existing session.
 			 */
-			if (ret)
+			if (ret) {
+				coresight_disable_helpers(csdev, path);
 				goto out;
+			}
 			break;
 		case CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE:
 			/* sources are enabled from either sysFS or Perf */
@@ -497,16 +499,19 @@ int coresight_enable_path(struct coresight_path *path, enum cs_mode mode,
 			child = list_next_entry(nd, link)->csdev;
 			ret = coresight_enable_link(csdev, parent, child, source);
 			if (ret)
-				goto err;
+				goto err_disable_helpers;
 			break;
 		default:
-			goto err;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_disable_helpers;
 		}
 	}
 
 out:
 	return ret;
-err:
+err_disable_helpers:
+	coresight_disable_helpers(csdev, path);
+err_disable_path:
 	coresight_disable_path_from(path, nd);
 	goto out;
 }