diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 2ed61f59d415ec65c050ec63802e2819d4e06a2a..4e29e80932e5342439e3b189ad0879ba69dc0daf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
 		struct dso *dso;
 
 		list_for_each_entry(dso, &machine->dsos.head, node) {
-			if (dso->kernel && is_kernel_module(dso->long_name))
+			if (!dso->kernel || is_kernel_module(dso->long_name))
 				continue;
 
 			kernel = dso;