diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 6e5c325148e488ec61a880196db9a7294d20156c..e488ac756f39ba3346e63c52326fa372d1e24fa0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,24 @@ static int trace__tool_process(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	return trace__process_event(trace, machine, event, sample);
 }
 
+static char *trace__machine__resolve_kernel_addr(void *vmachine, unsigned long long *addrp, char **modp)
+{
+	struct machine *machine = vmachine;
+
+	if (machine->kptr_restrict_warned)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict) {
+		pr_warning("Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted.\n\n"
+			   "Check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
+			   "Kernel samples will not be resolved.\n");
+		machine->kptr_restrict_warned = true;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return machine__resolve_kernel_addr(vmachine, addrp, modp);
+}
+
 static int trace__symbols_init(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	int err = symbol__init(NULL);
@@ -1171,7 +1189,7 @@ static int trace__symbols_init(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	if (trace->host == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (trace_event__register_resolver(trace->host, machine__resolve_kernel_addr) < 0)
+	if (trace_event__register_resolver(trace->host, trace__machine__resolve_kernel_addr) < 0)
 		return -errno;
 
 	err = __machine__synthesize_threads(trace->host, &trace->tool, &trace->opts.target,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index b277984aaa93ae6472d63089087300da059cb362..bdc33ce40bdcd93e86d3ff70e6016c6089151538 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int machine__init(struct machine *machine, const char *root_dir, pid_t pid)
 
 	machine->symbol_filter = NULL;
 	machine->id_hdr_size = 0;
+	machine->kptr_restrict_warned = false;
 	machine->comm_exec = false;
 	machine->kernel_start = 0;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.h b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
index 83f46790c52f7e3008427577c52288ed5f15e86b..41ac9cfd416b52d5972d8c2f8b5275a62b22ce65 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct machine {
 	pid_t		  pid;
 	u16		  id_hdr_size;
 	bool		  comm_exec;
+	bool		  kptr_restrict_warned;
 	char		  *root_dir;
 	struct rb_root	  threads;
 	pthread_rwlock_t  threads_lock;