diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/state.c b/arch/sandbox/cpu/state.c
index 69da378ab59..d67834988fd 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/cpu/state.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/state.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <fdtdec.h>
 #include <log.h>
 #include <os.h>
+#include <trace.h>
 #include <asm/malloc.h>
 #include <asm/state.h>
 #include <asm/test.h>
@@ -525,6 +526,10 @@ int state_uninit(void)
 	if (state->jumped_fname)
 		os_unlink(state->jumped_fname);
 
+	/* Disable tracing before unmapping RAM */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRACE))
+		trace_set_enabled(0);
+
 	os_free(state->state_fdt);
 	os_free(state->ram_buf);
 	memset(state, '\0', sizeof(*state));