diff --git a/src/intel/ds/intel_driver_ds.cc b/src/intel/ds/intel_driver_ds.cc
index c11160652fe..0eab9067d1f 100644
--- a/src/intel/ds/intel_driver_ds.cc
+++ b/src/intel/ds/intel_driver_ds.cc
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ sync_timestamp(IntelRenderpassDataSource::TraceContext &ctx,
                struct intel_ds_device *device)
 {
    uint64_t cpu_ts, gpu_ts;
+   uint64_t boottime = perfetto::base::GetBootTimeNs().count();
+
+   if (boottime < device->next_clock_sync_ns)
+      return;
 
    if (!intel_gem_read_correlate_cpu_gpu_timestamp(device->fd,
                                                    device->info.kmd_type,
@@ -141,13 +145,10 @@ sync_timestamp(IntelRenderpassDataSource::TraceContext &ctx,
    uint32_t cpu_clock_id = perfetto::protos::pbzero::BUILTIN_CLOCK_BOOTTIME;
    gpu_ts = intel_device_info_timebase_scale(&device->info, gpu_ts);
 
-   if (cpu_ts < device->next_clock_sync_ns)
-      return;
-
    PERFETTO_LOG("sending clocks gpu=0x%08x", device->gpu_clock_id);
 
    device->sync_gpu_ts = gpu_ts;
-   device->next_clock_sync_ns = cpu_ts + 1000000000ull;
+   device->next_clock_sync_ns = boottime + 1000000000ull;
 
    MesaRenderpassDataSource<IntelRenderpassDataSource, IntelRenderpassTraits>::EmitClockSync(ctx,
       cpu_ts, gpu_ts, cpu_clock_id, device->gpu_clock_id);