1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 06fcd1bf98b6..b24f9d8727a8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -574,13 +574,16 @@ static int decompress_kmodule(struct dso *dso, const char *name,
         const char *ext = strrchr(name, '.');
         char tmpbuf[] = "/tmp/perf-kmod-XXXXXX";
 
-        if ((type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_KMODULE_COMP &&
-             type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KMODULE_COMP) ||
-            type != dso->symtab_type)
+        if (type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_KMODULE_COMP &&
+            type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KMODULE_COMP &&
+            type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE)
                 return -1;
 
-        if (!ext || !is_supported_compression(ext + 1))
-                return -1;
+        if (!ext || !is_supported_compression(ext + 1)) {
+                ext = strrchr(dso->name, '.');
+                if (!ext || !is_supported_compression(ext + 1))
+                        return -1;
+        }
 
         fd = mkstemp(tmpbuf);
         if (fd < 0)