diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 2b7b2d91c016b211f48a9823f9837033615b1136..c41411726c7a1052a704f75d829e433f3abdb6b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ int __thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *str, u64 timestamp,
 		if (!new)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		list_add(&new->list, &thread->comm_list);
+
+		if (exec)
+			unwind__flush_access(thread);
 	}
 
 	thread->comm_set = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index e060386165c5fad82372123e99252f577eb7eac4..4d45c0dfe34347ef57527dd90f132e9067eb57e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -539,11 +539,23 @@ int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	unw_set_caching_policy(addr_space, UNW_CACHE_GLOBAL);
 	thread__set_priv(thread, addr_space);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void unwind__flush_access(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	unw_addr_space_t addr_space;
+
+	if (callchain_param.record_mode != CALLCHAIN_DWARF)
+		return;
+
+	addr_space = thread__priv(thread);
+	unw_flush_cache(addr_space, 0, 0);
+}
+
 void unwind__finish_access(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	unw_addr_space_t addr_space;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind.h b/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
index c17c4855bdbc3e4bcf8423246c92b8f7bc750494..f50b737235eb82eaabb44778c33cb4646f091459 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT
 int libunwind__arch_reg_id(int regnum);
 int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread);
+void unwind__flush_access(struct thread *thread);
 void unwind__finish_access(struct thread *thread);
 #else
 static inline int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused)
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ static inline int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void unwind__flush_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused) {}
 static inline void unwind__finish_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused) {}
 #endif
 #else
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ static inline int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void unwind__flush_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused) {}
 static inline void unwind__finish_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused) {}
 #endif /* HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT */
 #endif /* __UNWIND_H */