1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 6635fcd11ca5..0fe9adf76379 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -553,9 +553,18 @@ static int perf_event__process_kernel_mmap(union perf_event *event,
                         goto out_problem;
 
                 perf_event__set_kernel_mmap_len(event, machine->vmlinux_maps);
-                perf_session__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym(machine->vmlinux_maps,
-                                                         symbol_name,
-                                                         event->mmap.pgoff);
+
+                /*
+                 * Avoid using a zero address (kptr_restrict) for the ref reloc
+                 * symbol. Effectively having zero here means that at record
+                 * time /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict was non zero.
+                 */
+                if (event->mmap.pgoff != 0) {
+                        perf_session__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym(machine->vmlinux_maps,
+                                                                 symbol_name,
+                                                                 event->mmap.pgoff);
+                }
+
                 if (machine__is_default_guest(machine)) {
                         /*
                          * preload dso of guest kernel and modules