diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
index 0784a9420528603efa9450a8c72c78ebf271298a..cadbdc90a5cbf319385cb67aa5a88c06cdf107dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
@@ -116,11 +116,6 @@ struct annotation {
 	struct annotated_source *src;
 };
 
-struct sannotation {
-	struct annotation annotation;
-	struct symbol	  symbol;
-};
-
 static inline struct sym_hist *annotation__histogram(struct annotation *notes, int idx)
 {
 	return (((void *)&notes->src->histograms) +
@@ -129,8 +124,7 @@ static inline struct sym_hist *annotation__histogram(struct annotation *notes, i
 
 static inline struct annotation *symbol__annotation(struct symbol *sym)
 {
-	struct sannotation *a = container_of(sym, struct sannotation, symbol);
-	return &a->annotation;
+	return (void *)sym - symbol_conf.priv_size;
 }
 
 int addr_map_symbol__inc_samples(struct addr_map_symbol *ams, int evidx);