diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 8c767c6bca91b7490cb1564da230c7c9021422e6..2400e009f149b9017ee1d0ad7345092f3bcec46f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int perf_evsel__add_hist_entry(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	 * so we don't allocated the extra space needed because the stdio
 	 * code will not use it.
 	 */
-	if (al->sym != NULL && use_browser > 0) {
+	if (he->ms.sym != NULL && use_browser > 0) {
 		struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(he->ms.sym);
 
 		assert(evsel != NULL);