4 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 132de8b28dbb..3becc8a35bee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int load_kernel(void)
                 return -1;
 
         err = dso__load_kernel(kernel_dso, vmlinux, NULL, verbose);
-        if (err) {
+        if (err <= 0) {
                 dso__delete(kernel_dso);
                 kernel_dso = NULL;
         } else
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index be1b7584796d..58d1612894ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int load_kernel(void)
                 return -1;
 
         err = dso__load_kernel(kernel_dso, vmlinux, NULL, verbose);
-        if (err) {
+        if (err <= 0) {
                 dso__delete(kernel_dso);
                 kernel_dso = NULL;
         } else
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index cdc74cfb1517..97fde1d84365 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int parse_symbols(void)
         if (kernel_dso == NULL)
                 return -1;
 
-        if (dso__load_kernel(kernel_dso, NULL, symbol_filter, 1) != 0)
+        if (dso__load_kernel(kernel_dso, NULL, symbol_filter, 1) <= 0)
                 goto out_delete_dso;
 
         node = rb_first(&kernel_dso->syms);
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;