diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index d342e771dbadb9a31bb04d68489f9cf8c62f6744..502505cf236af30226b22ff82878098060f19862 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -671,6 +671,8 @@ int symsrc__init(struct symsrc *ss, struct dso *dso, const char *name,
 		fd = dso__decompress_kmodule_fd(dso, name);
 		if (fd < 0)
 			return -1;
+
+		type = dso->symtab_type;
 	} else {
 		fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd < 0) {