diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 5b81bb29a07a8fadbe68c882cf876fe3eee0be92..8151d23664c7da8816b386e047d870686dedd31e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ static int event__process_kernel_mmap(event_t *self,
 			goto out_problem;
 
 		map->dso->short_name = name;
+		map->dso->sname_alloc = 1;
 		map->end = map->start + self->mmap.len;
 	} else if (is_kernel_mmap) {
 		const char *symbol_name = (self->mmap.filename +
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index bc6e7e8c480d8be5ba554f6065bf702b4a768467..242d2b216f4640a8d47b3a833b2828d0da2dd07c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ void dso__delete(struct dso *self)
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i < MAP__NR_TYPES; ++i)
 		symbols__delete(&self->symbols[i]);
-	if (self->long_name != self->name)
+	if (self->sname_alloc)
+		free((char *)self->short_name);
+	if (self->lname_alloc)
 		free(self->long_name);
 	free(self);
 }
@@ -1530,6 +1532,7 @@ static int map_groups__set_modules_path_dir(struct map_groups *self,
 			if (long_name == NULL)
 				goto failure;
 			dso__set_long_name(map->dso, long_name);
+			map->dso->lname_alloc = 1;
 			dso__kernel_module_get_build_id(map->dso, "");
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 6452a07425a20adfbf2a64b44b4353e46a928342..f29f73c20809e08b68c02b58c82b6d9225c160e5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -126,12 +126,14 @@ struct dso {
 	struct list_head node;
 	struct rb_root	 symbols[MAP__NR_TYPES];
 	struct rb_root	 symbol_names[MAP__NR_TYPES];
+	enum dso_kernel_type	kernel;
 	u8		 adjust_symbols:1;
 	u8		 slen_calculated:1;
 	u8		 has_build_id:1;
-	enum dso_kernel_type	kernel;
 	u8		 hit:1;
 	u8		 annotate_warned:1;
+	u8		 sname_alloc:1;
+	u8		 lname_alloc:1;
 	unsigned char	 origin;
 	u8		 sorted_by_name;
 	u8		 loaded;