bool privileged = perf_event_paranoid_check(-1);
        int err = 0;
 
-       ptr->evlist = evlist;
-       ptr->snapshot_mode = opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode;
-
-       if (!record_opts__no_switch_events(opts) &&
-           perf_can_record_switch_events())
-               opts->record_switch_events = true;
-
        evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
                if (evsel->core.attr.type == cs_etm_pmu->type) {
                        if (cs_etm_evsel) {
                                       CORESIGHT_ETM_PMU_NAME);
                                return -EINVAL;
                        }
-                       evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
-                       evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
-                       evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
                        cs_etm_evsel = evsel;
-                       opts->full_auxtrace = true;
                }
        }
 
        if (!cs_etm_evsel)
                return 0;
 
+       ptr->evlist = evlist;
+       ptr->snapshot_mode = opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode;
+
+       if (!record_opts__no_switch_events(opts) &&
+           perf_can_record_switch_events())
+               opts->record_switch_events = true;
+
+       cs_etm_evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
+       cs_etm_evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
+       cs_etm_evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
+       opts->full_auxtrace = true;
+
        ret = cs_etm_set_sink_attr(cs_etm_pmu, cs_etm_evsel);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
                }
        }
 
-       /* We are in full trace mode but '-m,xyz' wasn't specified */
-       if (opts->full_auxtrace && !opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
+       /* Buffer sizes weren't specified with '-m,xyz' so give some defaults */
+       if (!opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
                if (privileged) {
                        opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages = MiB(4) / page_size;
                } else {
                        if (opts->mmap_pages == UINT_MAX)
                                opts->mmap_pages = KiB(256) / page_size;
                }
-
        }
 
        if (opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode)
        }
 
        /* Add dummy event to keep tracking */
-       if (opts->full_auxtrace) {
-               struct evsel *tracking_evsel;
-
-               err = parse_event(evlist, "dummy:u");
-               if (err)
-                       goto out;
-
-               tracking_evsel = evlist__last(evlist);
-               evlist__set_tracking_event(evlist, tracking_evsel);
-
-               tracking_evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
-               tracking_evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
-
-               /* In per-cpu case, always need the time of mmap events etc */
-               if (!perf_cpu_map__empty(cpus))
-                       evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, TIME);
-       }
+       err = parse_event(evlist, "dummy:u");
+       if (err)
+               goto out;
+       evsel = evlist__last(evlist);
+       evlist__set_tracking_event(evlist, evsel);
+       evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
+       evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
+
+       /* In per-cpu case, always need the time of mmap events etc */
+       if (!perf_cpu_map__empty(cpus))
+               evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TIME);
 
 out:
        return err;