1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 98aee922acca..28106059bf12 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *self, int fd, const char *name,
         GElf_Sym sym;
         Elf_Scn *sec, *sec_strndx;
         Elf *elf;
-        int nr = 0;
+        int nr = 0, kernel = !strcmp("[kernel]", self->name);
 
         elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
         if (elf == NULL) {
@@ -571,10 +571,13 @@ static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *self, int fd, const char *name,
         nr_syms = shdr.sh_size / shdr.sh_entsize;
 
         memset(&sym, 0, sizeof(sym));
-        self->adjust_symbols = (ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC ||
+        if (!kernel) {
+                self->adjust_symbols = (ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC ||
                                 elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
                                                      ".gnu.prelink_undo",
                                                      NULL) != NULL);
+        } else self->adjust_symbols = 0;
+
         elf_symtab__for_each_symbol(syms, nr_syms, index, sym) {
                 struct symbol *f;
                 const char *name;