1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 0717bebc7649..afb0849fe530 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -193,9 +193,13 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir,
              *linkname = malloc(size), *targetname;
         int len, err = -1;
 
-        if (is_kallsyms)
+        if (is_kallsyms) {
+                if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict) {
+                        pr_debug("Not caching a kptr_restrict'ed /proc/kallsyms\n");
+                        return 0;
+                }
                 realname = (char *)name;
-        else
+        } else
                 realname = realpath(name, NULL);
 
         if (realname == NULL || filename == NULL || linkname == NULL)