return 0;
 }
+/*
+ * cs_etm__get_data_block: Fetch a block from the auxtrace_buffer queue
+ *                        if need be.
+ * Returns:    < 0     if error
+ *             = 0     if no more auxtrace_buffer to read
+ *             > 0     if the current buffer isn't empty yet
+ */
+static int cs_etm__get_data_block(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!etmq->buf_len) {
+               ret = cs_etm__get_trace(etmq);
+               if (ret <= 0)
+                       return ret;
+               /*
+                * We cannot assume consecutive blocks in the data file
+                * are contiguous, reset the decoder to force re-sync.
+                */
+               ret = cs_etm_decoder__reset(etmq->decoder);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
+       }
+
+       return etmq->buf_len;
+}
 
 static bool cs_etm__is_svc_instr(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
                                 struct cs_etm_packet *packet,
 
        /* Go through each buffer in the queue and decode them one by one */
        while (1) {
-               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;
-               }
+               err = cs_etm__get_data_block(etmq);
+               if (err <= 0)
+                       return err;
 
                /* Run trace decoder until buffer consumed or end of trace */
                do {