diff --git a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
index c0af61b355eda003fc2226963bbac2c2d17a6b81..f202fc7827df29557621a883a75d9986faefd4da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ static const char *dso__name(struct dso *dso)
 	return dso_name;
 }
 
-static int inline_list__append(struct symbol *symbol, char *filename,
-			       int line_nr, struct inline_node *node)
+static int inline_list__append(struct symbol *symbol, char *srcline,
+			       struct inline_node *node)
 {
 	struct inline_list *ilist;
 
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ static int inline_list__append(struct symbol *symbol, char *filename,
 		return -1;
 
 	ilist->symbol = symbol;
-	ilist->filename = filename;
-	ilist->line_nr = line_nr;
+	ilist->srcline = srcline;
 
 	if (callchain_param.order == ORDER_CALLEE)
 		list_add_tail(&ilist->list, &node->val);
@@ -54,6 +53,30 @@ static int inline_list__append(struct symbol *symbol, char *filename,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* basename version that takes a const input string */
+static const char *gnu_basename(const char *path)
+{
+	const char *base = strrchr(path, '/');
+
+	return base ? base + 1 : path;
+}
+
+static char *srcline_from_fileline(const char *file, unsigned int line)
+{
+	char *srcline;
+
+	if (!file)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!srcline_full_filename)
+		file = gnu_basename(file);
+
+	if (asprintf(&srcline, "%s:%u", file, line) < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return srcline;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT
 
 /*
@@ -237,9 +260,12 @@ static int inline_list__append_dso_a2l(struct dso *dso,
 {
 	struct a2l_data *a2l = dso->a2l;
 	struct symbol *inline_sym = new_inline_sym(dso, sym, a2l->funcname);
+	char *srcline = NULL;
 
-	return inline_list__append(inline_sym, strdup(a2l->filename),
-				   a2l->line, node);
+	if (a2l->filename)
+		srcline = srcline_from_fileline(a2l->filename, a2l->line);
+
+	return inline_list__append(inline_sym, srcline, node);
 }
 
 static int addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
@@ -437,13 +463,15 @@ static struct inline_node *addr2inlines(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
 	node->addr = addr;
 
 	while (getline(&filename, &len, fp) != -1) {
+		char *srcline;
 
 		if (filename_split(filename, &line_nr) != 1) {
 			free(filename);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (inline_list__append(sym, filename, line_nr, node) != 0)
+		srcline = srcline_from_fileline(filename, line_nr);
+		if (inline_list__append(sym, srcline, node) != 0)
 			goto out;
 
 		filename = NULL;
@@ -487,16 +515,14 @@ char *__get_srcline(struct dso *dso, u64 addr, struct symbol *sym,
 		       unwind_inlines, NULL, sym))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (asprintf(&srcline, "%s:%u",
-				srcline_full_filename ? file : basename(file),
-				line) < 0) {
-		free(file);
+	srcline = srcline_from_fileline(file, line);
+	free(file);
+
+	if (!srcline)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	dso->a2l_fails = 0;
 
-	free(file);
 	return srcline;
 
 out:
@@ -548,7 +574,7 @@ void inline_node__delete(struct inline_node *node)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ilist, tmp, &node->val, list) {
 		list_del_init(&ilist->list);
-		zfree(&ilist->filename);
+		free_srcline(ilist->srcline);
 		/* only the inlined symbols are owned by the list */
 		if (ilist->symbol && ilist->symbol->inlined)
 			symbol__delete(ilist->symbol);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/srcline.h b/tools/perf/util/srcline.h
index 730bfd6926d77fde96e80b5757790dc0ae159316..0201ed2c0b9c9076340a255b5768b77e2bacc2eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/srcline.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/srcline.h
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ void free_srcline(char *srcline);
 
 struct inline_list {
 	struct symbol		*symbol;
-	char			*filename;
-	unsigned int		line_nr;
+	char			*srcline;
 	struct list_head	list;
 };