diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 2468b8aa0b6bd31880fd1e83449fafbeeddfd431..11a8a447a3af02b1232af3d30877323c0a62c6bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -1891,6 +1891,7 @@ int symbol__annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
 		     struct annotation_options *options,
 		     struct arch **parch)
 {
+	struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
 	struct annotate_args args = {
 		.privsize	= privsize,
 		.evsel		= evsel,
@@ -1921,6 +1922,7 @@ int symbol__annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
 
 	args.ms.map = map;
 	args.ms.sym = sym;
+	notes->start = map__rip_2objdump(map, sym->start);
 
 	return symbol__disassemble(sym, &args);
 }
@@ -2796,8 +2798,6 @@ int symbol__annotate2(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map, struct perf_evsel *ev
 
 	symbol__calc_percent(sym, evsel);
 
-	notes->start = map__rip_2objdump(map, sym->start);
-
 	annotation__set_offsets(notes, size);
 	annotation__mark_jump_targets(notes, sym);
 	annotation__compute_ipc(notes, size);