2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 3b8b6387c47c..f1411e9cdf47 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -563,6 +563,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 
         err = event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(process_synthesized_event,
                                             session, "_text");
+        if (err < 0)
+                err = event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(process_synthesized_event,
+                                                    session, "_stext");
         if (err < 0) {
                 pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol.\n");
                 return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 9b3c20f42f98..613c9cc90570 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data)
         if (!field)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING) {
+        if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
                 int offset;
 
                 offset = *(int *)(data + field->offset);