1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 5dd83c3e2c0c..c0a028c3ebaf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <libgen.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -51,6 +50,8 @@ struct symbol_conf symbol_conf = {
 
 int dso__name_len(const struct dso *dso)
 {
+        if (!dso)
+                return strlen("[unknown]");
         if (verbose)
                 return dso->long_name_len;