1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 966d207a1509..dc13cad828d7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -227,7 +227,12 @@ static int find_symbol_cb(void *arg, const char *name, char type, u64 start)
 {
         struct process_symbol_args *args = arg;
 
-        if (!symbol_type__is_a(type, MAP__FUNCTION) || strcmp(name, args->name))
+        /*
+         * Must be a function or at least an alias, as in PARISC64, where "_text" is
+         * an 'A' to the same address as "_stext".
+         */
+        if (!(symbol_type__is_a(type, MAP__FUNCTION) ||
+              type == 'A') || strcmp(name, args->name))
                 return 0;
 
         args->start = start;