1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 86e14375e74e..01b62fa03996 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ int dso__load_kernel(struct dso *self, const char *vmlinux,
         if (vmlinux)
                 err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, vmlinux, filter, verbose);
 
-        if (err)
+        if (err < 0)
                 err = dso__load_kallsyms(self, filter, verbose);
 
         return err;