diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 53f90e9c65fe3c4e306914c971420b67645cc603..52e94902afb12a5fde6c71f14ca90ede5f63f3ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,9 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
 		if (__machine__create_kernel_maps(machine, kernel) < 0)
 			goto out_problem;
 
+		if (strstr(dso->long_name, "vmlinux"))
+			dso__set_short_name(dso, "[kernel.vmlinux]", false);
+
 		machine__set_kernel_mmap_len(machine, event);
 
 		/*