1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 3e9f336740fa..516d19fb999b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -151,15 +151,15 @@ Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep,
 
                 gelf_getshdr(sec, shp);
                 str = elf_strptr(elf, ep->e_shstrndx, shp->sh_name);
-                if (!strcmp(name, str)) {
+                if (str && !strcmp(name, str)) {
                         if (idx)
                                 *idx = cnt;
-                        break;
+                        return sec;
                 }
                 ++cnt;
         }
 
-        return sec;
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 #define elf_section__for_each_rel(reldata, pos, pos_mem, idx, nr_entries) \