diff --git a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/client/aie_trace.cpp b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/client/aie_trace.cpp
index d976bdb0..9b1674e2 100644
--- a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/client/aie_trace.cpp
+++ b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/client/aie_trace.cpp
@@ -606,6 +606,8 @@ namespace xdp {
       return false;
     }
 
+    aie::trace::warnIfAieInterfaceTraceContendsWithStartToBytes(metadata);
+
     // Get channel configurations (memory and interface tiles)
     auto configChannel0 = metadata->getConfigChannel0();
     auto configChannel1 = metadata->getConfigChannel1();
diff --git a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/edge/aie_trace.cpp b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/edge/aie_trace.cpp
index e8ca44bf..990f106e 100755
--- a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/edge/aie_trace.cpp
+++ b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/edge/aie_trace.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ namespace xdp {
       return false;
     }
 
+    aie::trace::warnIfAieInterfaceTraceContendsWithStartToBytes(metadata);
+    
     // Get channel configurations (memory and interface tiles)
     auto configChannel0 = metadata->getConfigChannel0();
     auto configChannel1 = metadata->getConfigChannel1();
diff --git a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/util/aie_trace_util.cpp b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/util/aie_trace_util.cpp
index 73e56cd4..90890296 100755
--- a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/util/aie_trace_util.cpp
+++ b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/util/aie_trace_util.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "xdp/profile/device/pl_device_intf.h"
 #include "xdp/profile/device/tracedefs.h"
 
+#include "core/common/config_reader.h"
 #include "core/common/message.h"
 #include "core/include/xrt/xrt_kernel.h"
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <regex>
 #include <set>
+#include <string>
 
 // ***************************************************************
 // Anonymous namespace for helper functions local to this file
@@ -778,4 +780,48 @@ namespace xdp::aie::trace {
     }
   }
 
+  static const char* const kStartToBytesMetric = "start_to_bytes_transferred";
+
+  static bool
+  aieProfileConfiguresStartToBytesOnInterfaceTiles()
+  {
+    if (!xrt_core::config::get_aie_profile())
+      return false;
+    const std::string g = boost::algorithm::trim_copy(
+        xrt_core::config::get_aie_profile_settings_graph_based_interface_tile_metrics());
+    const std::string t = boost::algorithm::trim_copy(
+        xrt_core::config::get_aie_profile_settings_tile_based_interface_tile_metrics());
+    return (g.find(kStartToBytesMetric) != std::string::npos)
+        || (t.find(kStartToBytesMetric) != std::string::npos);
+  }
+
+  void
+  warnIfAieInterfaceTraceContendsWithStartToBytes(
+      const std::shared_ptr<AieTraceMetadata>& metadata)
+  {
+    static bool s_warned = false;
+    if (s_warned)
+      return;
+    if (!xrt_core::config::get_aie_trace())
+      return;
+    if (!aieProfileConfiguresStartToBytesOnInterfaceTiles())
+      return;
+
+    bool traceHasInterfaceTile = false;
+    for (const auto& tileMetric : metadata->getConfigMetrics()) {
+      const auto& tile = tileMetric.first;
+      if (aie::getModuleType(tile.row, metadata->getRowOffset()) == module_type::shim) {
+        traceHasInterfaceTile = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!traceHasInterfaceTile)
+      return;
+
+    s_warned = true;
+    std::string msg =
+        "AIE trace on interface (shim) tiles together with AIE profile start_to_bytes_transferred "
+        "on interface tiles can contend for the same PL user event; AIE trace data may be wrong.";
+    xrt_core::message::send(severity_level::warning, "XRT", msg);
+  } 
 } // namespace xdp::aie::trace
diff --git a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/util/aie_trace_util.h b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/util/aie_trace_util.h
index 036e2ee7..ea42a86e 100755
--- a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/util/aie_trace_util.h
+++ b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/util/aie_trace_util.h
@@ -191,7 +191,15 @@ namespace xdp::aie::trace {
   void reset2ChannelBroadcastNetwork(XAie_DevInst* aieDevInst, std::shared_ptr<AieTraceMetadata> metadata,
                                     uint8_t broadcastId1, uint8_t broadcastId2, uint8_t startCol,
                                     uint8_t numCols, uint8_t numRows);
-  
+
+/**
+   * @brief If interface-tile AIE trace and AIE profile \c start_to_bytes_transferred
+   *        (graph/tile interface-tile strings) are both in use, log a one-time warning.
+   *        Call only after \c getIsValidMetrics() is true.
+   */
+  void warnIfAieInterfaceTraceContendsWithStartToBytes(
+      const std::shared_ptr<AieTraceMetadata>& metadata);
+
 }  // namespace xdp::aie::trace
 
 #endif
diff --git a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/ve2/aie_trace.cpp b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/ve2/aie_trace.cpp
index af5a47f1..f5a0f75b 100644
--- a/profile/plugin/aie_trace/ve2/aie_trace.cpp
+++ b/profile/plugin/aie_trace/ve2/aie_trace.cpp
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ namespace xdp {
       return false;
     }
 
+    aie::trace::warnIfAieInterfaceTraceContendsWithStartToBytes(metadata);
     boost::property_tree::ptree aiePartitionPt = xdp::aie::getAIEPartitionInfo(handle);
     // Currently, assuming only one Hw Context is alive at a time
     // Column should be relative to the partition, hence startCol is 0.