diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 96dbf28fc941d94a34fd196e83771c7e13d227b4..8f5cabbfc8bdcaec05f005fa0d282b0aae61e45e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ char dso__symtab_origin(const struct dso *dso)
 {
 	static const char origin[] = {
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS]		= 'k',
+		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__VMLINUX]		= 'v',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__JAVA_JIT]		= 'j',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__DEBUGLINK]		= 'l',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE]	= 'B',
@@ -933,6 +934,7 @@ char dso__symtab_origin(const struct dso *dso)
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_KMODULE]	= 'K',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KALLSYMS]	= 'g',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KMODULE]	= 'G',
+		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_VMLINUX]	= 'V',
 	};
 
 	if (dso == NULL || dso->symtab_type == DSO_BINARY_TYPE__NOT_FOUND)
@@ -1008,7 +1010,9 @@ int dso__binary_type_file(struct dso *dso, enum dso_binary_type type,
 
 	default:
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__VMLINUX:
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KALLSYMS:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_VMLINUX:
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__JAVA_JIT:
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__NOT_FOUND:
 		ret = -1;
@@ -1364,6 +1368,11 @@ int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (dso->kernel == DSO_TYPE_GUEST_KERNEL)
+		dso->symtab_type = DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_VMLINUX;
+	else
+		dso->symtab_type = DSO_BINARY_TYPE__VMLINUX;
+
 	err = dso__load_sym(dso, map, symfs_vmlinux, fd, filter, 0, 0);
 	close(fd);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index c9534fe0720de8c2f6507c3a133366bf7fce7ea7..37f1ea146c16cea14235c1280e303e7670640868 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ struct addr_location {
 enum dso_binary_type {
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS = 0,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KALLSYMS,
+	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__VMLINUX,
+	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_VMLINUX,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__JAVA_JIT,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__DEBUGLINK,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE,