diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
index d73ef8bb08c76a63c8846d4bdf49114c0558908a..9892b0f0bec440bf513f8ba7737e4329e1a6a038 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static Dwarf_Frame *get_dwarf_frame(Dwfl_Module *mod, Dwarf_Addr pc)
  *		yet used)
  *	-1 in case of errors
  */
-static int check_return_addr(const char *exec_file, Dwarf_Addr pc)
+static int check_return_addr(struct dso *dso, Dwarf_Addr pc)
 {
 	int		rc = -1;
 	Dwfl		*dwfl;
@@ -156,15 +156,27 @@ static int check_return_addr(const char *exec_file, Dwarf_Addr pc)
 	Dwarf_Addr	end = pc;
 	bool		signalp;
 
-	dwfl = dwfl_begin(&offline_callbacks);
-	if (!dwfl) {
-		pr_debug("dwfl_begin() failed: %s\n", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
-		return -1;
-	}
+	dwfl = dso->dwfl;
 
-	if (dwfl_report_offline(dwfl, "",  exec_file, -1) == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("dwfl_report_offline() failed %s\n", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
-		goto out;
+	if (!dwfl) {
+		dwfl = dwfl_begin(&offline_callbacks);
+		if (!dwfl) {
+			pr_debug("dwfl_begin() failed: %s\n", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (dwfl_report_offline(dwfl, "", dso->long_name, -1) == NULL) {
+			pr_debug("dwfl_report_offline() failed %s\n",
+						dwarf_errmsg(-1));
+			/*
+			 * We normally cache the DWARF debug info and never
+			 * call dwfl_end(). But to prevent fd leak, free in
+			 * case of error.
+			 */
+			dwfl_end(dwfl);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		dso->dwfl = dwfl;
 	}
 
 	mod = dwfl_addrmodule(dwfl, pc);
@@ -194,7 +206,6 @@ static int check_return_addr(const char *exec_file, Dwarf_Addr pc)
 	rc = check_return_reg(ra_regno, frame);
 
 out:
-	dwfl_end(dwfl);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +257,7 @@ int arch_skip_callchain_idx(struct machine *machine, struct thread *thread,
 		return skip_slot;
 	}
 
-	rc = check_return_addr(dso->long_name, ip);
+	rc = check_return_addr(dso, ip);
 
 	pr_debug("DSO %s, nr %" PRIx64 ", ip 0x%" PRIx64 "rc %d\n",
 				dso->long_name, chain->nr, ip, rc);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index acb651acc7fdf1e6ee74dde78cf85ee98da6a1bf..3c9b391493f98db8aaf199a04154cb268056e051 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ struct dso {
 	const char	 *long_name;
 	u16		 long_name_len;
 	u16		 short_name_len;
+	void		*dwfl;			/* DWARF debug info */
 
 	/* dso data file */
 	struct {