diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index 35ae56864e4f59625369941886b196438f107c99..a1f4e3669142630aa641d1a34b0f53673b6b67b0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -669,25 +669,26 @@ struct machine *machines__find(struct rb_root *self, pid_t pid)
 struct machine *machines__findnew(struct rb_root *self, pid_t pid)
 {
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	const char *root_dir;
+	const char *root_dir = "";
 	struct machine *machine = machines__find(self, pid);
 
-	if (!machine || machine->pid != pid) {
-		if (pid == HOST_KERNEL_ID || pid == DEFAULT_GUEST_KERNEL_ID)
-			root_dir = "";
-		else {
-			if (!symbol_conf.guestmount)
-				goto out;
-			sprintf(path, "%s/%d", symbol_conf.guestmount, pid);
-			if (access(path, R_OK)) {
-				pr_err("Can't access file %s\n", path);
-				goto out;
-			}
-			root_dir = path;
+	if (machine && (machine->pid == pid))
+		goto out;
+
+	if ((pid != HOST_KERNEL_ID) &&
+	    (pid != DEFAULT_GUEST_KERNEL_ID) &&
+	    (symbol_conf.guestmount)) {
+		sprintf(path, "%s/%d", symbol_conf.guestmount, pid);
+		if (access(path, R_OK)) {
+			pr_err("Can't access file %s\n", path);
+			machine = NULL;
+			goto out;
 		}
-		machine = machines__add(self, pid, root_dir);
+		root_dir = path;
 	}
 
+	machine = machines__add(self, pid, root_dir);
+
 out:
 	return machine;
 }