diff --git a/cmds/atrace/atrace.cpp b/cmds/atrace/atrace.cpp
index c2a2bc3..9bd733d 100644
--- a/cmds/atrace/atrace.cpp
+++ b/cmds/atrace/atrace.cpp
@@ -1340,10 +1340,10 @@
         // contain entries from only one CPU can cause "begin" entries without a
         // matching "end" entry to show up if a task gets migrated from one CPU to
         // another.
-        if (!onlyUserspace)
+        if (!onlyUserspace) {
             ok = clearTrace();
-
-        writeClockSyncMarker();
+            writeClockSyncMarker();
+        }
         if (ok && !async && !traceStream) {
             // Sleep to allow the trace to be captured.
             struct timespec timeLeft;