return 0;
 }
 
+static bool sof_dtrace_set_host_offset(struct sof_dtrace_priv *priv, u32 new_offset)
+{
+       u32 host_offset = READ_ONCE(priv->host_offset);
+
+       if (host_offset != new_offset) {
+               /* This is a bit paranoid and unlikely that it is needed */
+               u32 ret = cmpxchg(&priv->host_offset, host_offset, new_offset);
+
+               if (ret == host_offset)
+                       return true;
+       }
+
+       return false;
+}
+
 static size_t sof_dtrace_avail(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
                               loff_t pos, size_t buffer_size)
 {
 
        /* avoid duplicate traces at next open */
        if (priv->dtrace_state != SOF_DTRACE_ENABLED)
-               priv->host_offset = 0;
+               sof_dtrace_set_host_offset(priv, 0);
 
        return 0;
 }
        params.buffer.pages = priv->dma_trace_pages;
        params.stream_tag = 0;
 
-       priv->host_offset = 0;
+       sof_dtrace_set_host_offset(priv, 0);
        priv->dtrace_draining = false;
 
        ret = sof_dtrace_host_init(sdev, &priv->dmatb, ¶ms);
                return 0;
 
        if (trace_pos_update_expected(priv) &&
-           priv->host_offset != posn->host_offset) {
-               priv->host_offset = posn->host_offset;
+           sof_dtrace_set_host_offset(priv, posn->host_offset))
                wake_up(&priv->trace_sleep);
-       }
 
        if (posn->overflow != 0)
                dev_err(sdev->dev,