1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 7fd6b151feb5..b63e5713849f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,12 @@ static int dso__load_kernel_sym(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
         if (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name != NULL) {
                 err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, map,
                                         symbol_conf.vmlinux_name, filter);
-                goto out_try_fixup;
+                if (err > 0) {
+                        dso__set_long_name(self,
+                                           strdup(symbol_conf.vmlinux_name));
+                        goto out_fixup;
+                }
+                return err;
         }
 
         if (vmlinux_path != NULL) {
@@ -1806,7 +1811,6 @@ do_kallsyms:
                 pr_debug("Using %s for symbols\n", kallsyms_filename);
         free(kallsyms_allocated_filename);
 
-out_try_fixup:
         if (err > 0) {
 out_fixup:
                 if (kallsyms_filename != NULL)