1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 78c2efde01b7..c077b6a14690 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self, symbol_filter_t filter, int verb
         char *line = NULL;
         size_t n;
         FILE *file = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
+        int count = 0;
 
         if (file == NULL)
                 goto out_failure;
@@ -188,8 +189,10 @@ static int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self, symbol_filter_t filter, int verb
 
                 if (filter && filter(self, sym))
                         symbol__delete(sym, self->sym_priv_size);
-                else
+                else {
                         dso__insert_symbol(self, sym);
+                        count++;
+                }
         }
 
         /*
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ static int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self, symbol_filter_t filter, int verb
         free(line);
         fclose(file);
 
-        return 0;
+        return count;
 
 out_delete_line:
         free(line);
@@ -639,7 +642,7 @@ int dso__load_kernel(struct dso *self, const char *vmlinux,
         if (vmlinux)
                 err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, vmlinux, filter, verbose);
 
-        if (err < 0)
+        if (err <= 0)
                 err = dso__load_kallsyms(self, filter, verbose);
 
         return err;