1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index cd89b6d036b7..ddc584b64871 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ static void event__process_sample(const event_t *self,
         }
 
         if (event__preprocess_sample(self, session, &al, symbol_filter) < 0 ||
-            al.sym == NULL)
+            al.sym == NULL || al.filtered)
                 return;
 
         syme = symbol__priv(al.sym);