diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 7cc89b15fdb00c5037be09e869b14877f39f0480..919937eb0be2b643e93bfe7fc983e7131074deeb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static int post_process_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ntevs; i++) {
-		if (tevs[i].point.address) {
+		if (tevs[i].point.address && !tevs[i].point.retprobe) {
 			tmp = strdup(reloc_sym->name);
 			if (!tmp)
 				return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!pev->uprobes) {
+	if (!pev->uprobes && !pp->retprobe) {
 		kmap = map__kmap(map);
 		reloc_sym = kmap->ref_reloc_sym;
 		if (!reloc_sym) {