diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index 5c5c155fba78..0effaff57020 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static int intel_pt_get_trace(struct intel_pt_buffer *b, void *data)
 	struct auxtrace_buffer *buffer = ptq->buffer;
 	struct auxtrace_buffer *old_buffer = ptq->old_buffer;
 	struct auxtrace_queue *queue;
+	bool might_overlap;
 
 	if (ptq->stop) {
 		b->len = 0;
@@ -256,7 +257,8 @@ static int intel_pt_get_trace(struct intel_pt_buffer *b, void *data)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	if (ptq->pt->snapshot_mode && !buffer->consecutive && old_buffer &&
+	might_overlap = ptq->pt->snapshot_mode || ptq->pt->sampling_mode;
+	if (might_overlap && !buffer->consecutive && old_buffer &&
 	    intel_pt_do_fix_overlap(ptq->pt, old_buffer, buffer))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -269,8 +271,7 @@ static int intel_pt_get_trace(struct intel_pt_buffer *b, void *data)
 	}
 	b->ref_timestamp = buffer->reference;
 
-	if (!old_buffer || ptq->pt->sampling_mode || (ptq->pt->snapshot_mode &&
-						      !buffer->consecutive)) {
+	if (!old_buffer || (might_overlap && !buffer->consecutive)) {
 		b->consecutive = false;
 		b->trace_nr = buffer->buffer_nr + 1;
 	} else {