1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 28106059bf12..b4fe0579bd6b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *self, int fd, const char *name,
                 goto out_elf_end;
 
         secstrs = elf_getdata(sec_strndx, NULL);
-        if (symstrs == NULL)
+        if (secstrs == NULL)
                 goto out_elf_end;
 
         nr_syms = shdr.sh_size / shdr.sh_entsize;