1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 5a72d421e211..e5230c0ef95b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -189,11 +189,15 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir,
                           const char *name, bool is_kallsyms)
 {
         const size_t size = PATH_MAX;
-        char *realname = realpath(name, NULL),
-             *filename = malloc(size),
+        char *realname, *filename = malloc(size),
              *linkname = malloc(size), *targetname;
         int len, err = -1;
 
+        if (is_kallsyms)
+                realname = (char *)name;
+        else
+                realname = realpath(name, NULL);
+
         if (realname == NULL || filename == NULL || linkname == NULL)
                 goto out_free;
 
@@ -225,7 +229,8 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir,
         if (symlink(targetname, linkname) == 0)
                 err = 0;
 out_free:
-        free(realname);
+        if (!is_kallsyms)
+                free(realname);
         free(filename);
         free(linkname);
         return err;