diff --git a/device/plugins/ftrace_plugin/src/flow_controller.cpp b/device/plugins/ftrace_plugin/src/flow_controller.cpp
index 75762e5e3827dc8b8c9725f6d251a2f325657b0a..4fae107747035d08e0f80ad6334dcb71c3f6c1fb 100644
--- a/device/plugins/ftrace_plugin/src/flow_controller.cpp
+++ b/device/plugins/ftrace_plugin/src/flow_controller.cpp
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ int FlowController::StopCapture(void)
     // disable ftrace event switches
     DisableTraceEvents();
 
+    // disable userspace trace triggers
+    if (traceCategories_.size() > 0) {
+        traceOps_->DisableCategories();
+    }
+
     // stop ftrace event data polling thread
     keepRunning_ = false;
     if (pollThread_.joinable()) {
@@ -483,12 +488,6 @@ int FlowController::StopCapture(void)
         tansporter_->Report(msgSize);
     }
 
-    // disable userspace trace triggers
-    // because trace cmd will read trace buffer,
-    // so we to this action after polling thread exit.
-    if (traceCategories_.size() > 0) {
-        traceOps_->DisableCategories();
-    }
     tansporter_->Flush();
 
     // release resources