diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index dc93940de351540b89af3dfef487572e84d1f3f8..70e389bc4af71aa8f18ae67507fb65b5093a7f98 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1460,9 +1460,11 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
 	 * DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO to work
 	 */
 	if (!dso->has_build_id &&
-	    is_regular_file(dso->long_name) &&
-	    filename__read_build_id(dso->long_name, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE) > 0)
+	    is_regular_file(dso->long_name)) {
+	    __symbol__join_symfs(name, PATH_MAX, dso->long_name);
+	    if (filename__read_build_id(name, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE) > 0)
 		dso__set_build_id(dso, build_id);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Iterate over candidate debug images.