diff --git a/src/runtime_src/xdp/profile/plugin/aie_profile/edge/aie_profile.cpp b/src/runtime_src/xdp/profile/plugin/aie_profile/edge/aie_profile.cpp
index b547e81892..903c996791 100644
--- a/src/runtime_src/xdp/profile/plugin/aie_profile/edge/aie_profile.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime_src/xdp/profile/plugin/aie_profile/edge/aie_profile.cpp
@@ -623,6 +623,10 @@ namespace xdp {
           // Generate user_event_1 for byte count metric set after configuration
           if ((metricSet == METRIC_BYTE_COUNT) && (i == 1) && !graphItrBroadcastConfigDone) {
             XAie_LocType tileloc = XAie_TileLoc(tile.col, tile.row);
+            //Note: For BYTE_COUNT metric, user_event_1 is used twice as eventA & eventB to
+            //      to transition the FSM from Idle->State0->State1.
+            //      eventC = Port Running and eventD = stop event (counter event).
+            XAie_EventGenerate(aieDevInst, tileloc, mod, XAIE_EVENT_USER_EVENT_1_PL);
             XAie_EventGenerate(aieDevInst, tileloc, mod, XAIE_EVENT_USER_EVENT_1_PL);
           }
 
@@ -901,7 +905,7 @@ namespace xdp {
 
     // Set up the combo event with FSM type using 4 events state machine
     XAie_Events eventA = (resetEvent != XAIE_EVENT_NONE_CORE) ? resetEvent : XAIE_EVENT_USER_EVENT_1_PL;
-    XAie_Events eventB = startEvent;
+    XAie_Events eventB = XAIE_EVENT_USER_EVENT_1_PL;
     XAie_Events eventC = startEvent;
     XAie_Events eventD = endEvent;
 
@@ -1061,6 +1065,9 @@ namespace xdp {
     XAie_Events counterEvent;
     pc->getCounterEvent(mod, counterEvent);
 
+    if (pc->start() != XAIE_OK)
+      return false;
+
     // performance counter event to use it later for broadcasting
     retCounterEvent = counterEvent;
     return true;
diff --git a/src/runtime_src/xdp/profile/plugin/aie_profile/util/aie_profile_util.cpp b/src/runtime_src/xdp/profile/plugin/aie_profile/util/aie_profile_util.cpp
index e0bd7d5665..c07a5c742d 100644
--- a/src/runtime_src/xdp/profile/plugin/aie_profile/util/aie_profile_util.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime_src/xdp/profile/plugin/aie_profile/util/aie_profile_util.cpp
@@ -521,11 +521,7 @@ namespace xdp::aie::profile {
     uint32_t streamWidth = aie::getStreamWidth(hw_gen);
     uint32_t total_beats = static_cast<uint32_t>(std::ceil(1.0 * bytes / streamWidth));
 
-    // Note: As per run experiments on board, combo 3 FSM checks stop event in
-    // every 4 clock cycles. We make sure stop event is in sync with FSM oddity
-    // by rounding up total beats to nearest multiple of 4.
-    uint32_t max_beats = 4 * ((total_beats + 3) / 4);
-    return max_beats; 
+    return total_beats;
   }
 
 } // namespace xdp::aie