diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.h b/tools/perf/util/map.h
index 6951a9d42339ee089c67dd068622f41c64f4670b..0e42438b1e593c0e6369186d84cc1ccad76a0093 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.h
@@ -116,6 +116,22 @@ struct thread;
 #define map__for_each_symbol(map, pos, n)	\
 	dso__for_each_symbol(map->dso, pos, n, map->type)
 
+/* map__for_each_symbol_with_name - iterate over the symbols in the given map
+ *                                  that have the given name
+ *
+ * @map: the 'struct map *' in which symbols itereated
+ * @sym_name: the symbol name
+ * @pos: the 'struct symbol *' to use as a loop cursor
+ * @filter: to use when loading the DSO
+ */
+#define __map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, sym_name, pos, filter)	\
+	for (pos = map__find_symbol_by_name(map, sym_name, filter);	\
+	     pos && strcmp(pos->name, sym_name) == 0;		\
+	     pos = symbol__next_by_name(pos))
+
+#define map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, sym_name, pos)		\
+	__map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, sym_name, (pos), NULL)
+
 typedef int (*symbol_filter_t)(struct map *map, struct symbol *sym);
 
 void map__init(struct map *map, enum map_type type,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index b24482e544519271967591ffc32e126f61513efc..7cc89b15fdb00c5037be09e869b14877f39f0480 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2196,14 +2196,11 @@ static int __add_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 static int find_probe_functions(struct map *map, char *name)
 {
 	int found = 0;
-	struct symbol *sym = map__find_symbol_by_name(map, name, NULL);
+	struct symbol *sym;
 
-	while (sym != NULL) {
+	map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, name, sym) {
 		if (sym->binding == STB_GLOBAL || sym->binding == STB_LOCAL)
 			found++;
-		sym = symbol__next_by_name(sym);
-		if (sym == NULL || strcmp(sym->name, name))
-			break;
 	}
 
 	return found;
@@ -2275,9 +2272,8 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	}
 
 	ret = 0;
-	sym = map__find_symbol_by_name(map, pp->function, NULL);
 
-	while (sym != NULL) {
+	map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, pp->function, sym) {
 		tev = (*tevs) + ret;
 		tp = &tev->point;
 		if (ret == num_matched_functions) {
@@ -2325,10 +2321,6 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 					strdup_or_goto(pev->args[i].type,
 							nomem_out);
 		}
-
-		sym = symbol__next_by_name(sym);
-		if (sym == NULL || strcmp(sym->name, pp->function))
-			break;
 	}
 
 out: