diff --git a/client/TracySysTrace.cpp b/client/TracySysTrace.cpp
index 5887c93a..9dafd6bb 100644
--- a/client/TracySysTrace.cpp
+++ b/client/TracySysTrace.cpp
@@ -1180,8 +1180,11 @@ void SysTraceWorker( void* ptr )
                 close( pipefd[1] );
                 sched_param sp = { 4 };
                 pthread_setschedparam( pthread_self(), SCHED_FIFO, &sp );
+                // Try `cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe` first, and then
+                // possibly as a fallback /data/tracy_systrace. To make the fallback
+                // seamless, we redirect cat's stderr to /dev/null.
                 execlp( "su", "su", "root", "sh", "-c",
-                    "cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe"
+                    "cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe 2>/dev/null"
 #if defined __ANDROID__ && ( defined __aarch64__ || defined __ARM_ARCH )
                     " || /data/tracy_systrace"
 #endif