diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
index 313439920a8ce9..78d536d3ff3dbc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
@@ -1786,8 +1786,9 @@ static int start_per_cpu_kthreads(void)
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, current_mask) {
 		retval = start_kthread(cpu);
 		if (retval) {
+			cpus_read_unlock();
 			stop_per_cpu_kthreads();
-			break;
+			return retval;
 		}
 	}