1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 440c3b371401..a63ade22cbc2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(struct perf_tool *tool,
                 top->exact_samples++;
 
         if (perf_event__preprocess_sample(event, machine, &al, sample,
-                                          symbol_filter) < 0 ||
+                                          machine->symbol_filter) < 0 ||
             al.filtered)
                 return;
 
@@ -938,6 +938,8 @@ static int __cmd_top(struct perf_top *top)
         if (top->session == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
+        machines__set_symbol_filter(&top->session->machines, symbol_filter);
+
         if (!objdump_path) {
                 ret = perf_session_env__lookup_objdump(&top->session->header.env);
                 if (ret)