1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 86ec6c720f0f..f56158fb4dc9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ int filename__read_build_id(const char *filename, void *bf, size_t size)
         GElf_Shdr shdr;
         Elf_Data *data;
         Elf_Scn *sec;
+        Elf_Kind ek;
         void *ptr;
         Elf *elf;
 
@@ -937,6 +938,10 @@ int filename__read_build_id(const char *filename, void *bf, size_t size)
                 goto out_close;
         }
 
+        ek = elf_kind(elf);
+        if (ek != ELF_K_ELF)
+                goto out_elf_end;
+
         if (gelf_getehdr(elf, &ehdr) == NULL) {
                 pr_err("%s: cannot get elf header.\n", __func__);
                 goto out_elf_end;