1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 8202f5ca0483..6715b1938725 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -904,8 +904,9 @@ int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event,
                 al->sym = map__find_symbol(al->map, al->addr, filter);
         }
 
-        if (symbol_conf.sym_list && al->sym &&
-            !strlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.sym_list, al->sym->name))
+        if (symbol_conf.sym_list &&
+                (!al->sym || !strlist__has_entry(symbol_conf.sym_list,
+                                                al->sym->name)))
                 goto out_filtered;
 
         return 0;