diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 02718e728d59f9b199d0adf15d809d91de8204ca..ea62ecd191fa33ab5b59ddfb64e724e25c67f8cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb)
 {
 	s64 a;
 	s64 b;
+	size_t na, nb;
 
 	/* Prefer a symbol with non zero length */
 	a = syma->end - syma->start;
@@ -120,11 +121,21 @@ static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb)
 	else if (a > b)
 		return SYMBOL_B;
 
-	/* If all else fails, choose the symbol with the longest name */
-	if (strlen(syma->name) >= strlen(symb->name))
+	/* Choose the symbol with the longest name */
+	na = strlen(syma->name);
+	nb = strlen(symb->name);
+	if (na > nb)
 		return SYMBOL_A;
-	else
+	else if (na < nb)
+		return SYMBOL_B;
+
+	/* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */
+	if (na >= 3 && !strncmp(syma->name, "SyS", 3))
 		return SYMBOL_B;
+	if (na >= 10 && !strncmp(syma->name, "compat_SyS", 10))
+		return SYMBOL_B;
+
+	return SYMBOL_A;
 }
 
 void symbols__fixup_duplicate(struct rb_root *symbols)