diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index f119eb628dbb6974e60effa3ae7f766d23164194..a22e1f538aea9d750d50829650db19eea45e9880 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ static struct map *kernel_get_module_map(const char *module)
 	if (module && strchr(module, '/'))
 		return dso__new_map(module);
 
-	if (!module)
-		module = "kernel";
+	if (!module) {
+		pos = machine__kernel_map(host_machine);
+		return map__get(pos);
+	}
 
 	for (pos = maps__first(maps); pos; pos = map__next(pos)) {
 		/* short_name is "[module]" */