size_t last_branch_pos;
        struct cs_etm_packet *prev_packet;
        struct cs_etm_packet *packet;
+       const unsigned char *buf;
+       size_t buf_len, buf_used;
 };
 
 static int cs_etm__update_queues(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm);
 
 
 static int
-cs_etm__get_trace(struct cs_etm_buffer *buff, struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
+cs_etm__get_trace(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
 {
        struct auxtrace_buffer *aux_buffer = etmq->buffer;
        struct auxtrace_buffer *old_buffer = aux_buffer;
        if (!aux_buffer) {
                if (old_buffer)
                        auxtrace_buffer__drop_data(old_buffer);
-               buff->len = 0;
+               etmq->buf_len = 0;
                return 0;
        }
 
        if (old_buffer)
                auxtrace_buffer__drop_data(old_buffer);
 
-       buff->offset = aux_buffer->offset;
-       buff->len = aux_buffer->size;
-       buff->buf = aux_buffer->data;
+       etmq->buf_used = 0;
+       etmq->buf_len = aux_buffer->size;
+       etmq->buf = aux_buffer->data;
 
-       buff->ref_timestamp = aux_buffer->reference;
-
-       return buff->len;
+       return etmq->buf_len;
 }
 
 static void cs_etm__set_pid_tid_cpu(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
 
 static int cs_etm__run_decoder(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
 {
-       struct cs_etm_buffer buffer;
-       size_t buffer_used, processed;
+       size_t processed;
        int err = 0;
 
        /* Go through each buffer in the queue and decode them one by one */
        while (1) {
-               buffer_used = 0;
-               memset(&buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
-               err = cs_etm__get_trace(&buffer, etmq);
-               if (err <= 0)
-                       return err;
-               /*
-                * We cannot assume consecutive blocks in the data file are
-                * contiguous, reset the decoder to force re-sync.
-                */
-               err = cs_etm_decoder__reset(etmq->decoder);
-               if (err != 0)
-                       return err;
+               if (!etmq->buf_len) {
+                       err = cs_etm__get_trace(etmq);
+                       if (err <= 0)
+                               return err;
+                       /*
+                        * We cannot assume consecutive blocks in the data file
+                        * are contiguous, reset the decoder to force re-sync.
+                        */
+                       err = cs_etm_decoder__reset(etmq->decoder);
+                       if (err != 0)
+                               return err;
+               }
 
                /* Run trace decoder until buffer consumed or end of trace */
                do {
                        err = cs_etm_decoder__process_data_block(
                                etmq->decoder,
                                etmq->offset,
-                               &buffer.buf[buffer_used],
-                               buffer.len - buffer_used,
+                               &etmq->buf[etmq->buf_used],
+                               etmq->buf_len,
                                &processed);
                        if (err)
                                return err;
 
                        etmq->offset += processed;
-                       buffer_used += processed;
+                       etmq->buf_used += processed;
+                       etmq->buf_len -= processed;
 
                        /* Process each packet in this chunk */
                        while (1) {
                                        break;
                                }
                        }
-               } while (buffer.len > buffer_used);
+               } while (etmq->buf_len);
 
                if (err == 0)
                        /* Flush any remaining branch stack entries */