diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 21270029f07b579e8ec96f6fde3b35d1c16b6311..e5c38179f728391df9136db768501a09b28cacb4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1503,9 +1503,8 @@ static int dso__load_kernel_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 	free(kallsyms_allocated_filename);
 
 	if (err > 0) {
+		dso__set_long_name(dso, strdup("[kernel.kallsyms]"));
 out_fixup:
-		if (kallsyms_filename != NULL)
-			dso__set_long_name(dso, strdup("[kernel.kallsyms]"));
 		map__fixup_start(map);
 		map__fixup_end(map);
 	}