diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index 9c4e23d8c8cedbf0c6db4c9c13129b197be7938e..53d83d7e6a096a4d49a0b6f0cbfafc15a27866af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ int arch__compare_symbol_names_n(const char *namea, const char *nameb,
 
 	return strncmp(namea, nameb, n);
 }
+
+const char *arch__normalize_symbol_name(const char *name)
+{
+	/* Skip over initial dot */
+	if (name && *name == '.')
+		name++;
+	return name;
+}
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_CALL_ELF) && _CALL_ELF == 2
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index a68141d360b0df36bcaada376173b206b4b54f6f..0d6c66d51939d7134842b9f6f309153da384e792 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2801,16 +2801,32 @@ static int find_probe_functions(struct map *map, char *name,
 	int found = 0;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	struct rb_node *tmp;
+	const char *norm, *ver;
+	char *buf = NULL;
 
 	if (map__load(map) < 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	map__for_each_symbol(map, sym, tmp) {
-		if (strglobmatch(sym->name, name)) {
+		norm = arch__normalize_symbol_name(sym->name);
+		if (!norm)
+			continue;
+
+		/* We don't care about default symbol or not */
+		ver = strchr(norm, '@');
+		if (ver) {
+			buf = strndup(norm, ver - norm);
+			if (!buf)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			norm = buf;
+		}
+		if (strglobmatch(norm, name)) {
 			found++;
 			if (syms && found < probe_conf.max_probes)
 				syms[found - 1] = sym;
 		}
+		if (buf)
+			zfree(&buf);
 	}
 
 	return found;
@@ -2856,7 +2872,7 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	 * same name but different addresses, this lists all the symbols.
 	 */
 	num_matched_functions = find_probe_functions(map, pp->function, syms);
-	if (num_matched_functions == 0) {
+	if (num_matched_functions <= 0) {
 		pr_err("Failed to find symbol %s in %s\n", pp->function,
 			pev->target ? : "kernel");
 		ret = -ENOENT;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 1b67a8639dfeb0e96b794434c9686c9b9aa96190..cc065d4bfafcff9704aecb96b8af462cf7182778 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ static int prefix_underscores_count(const char *str)
 	return tail - str;
 }
 
+const char * __weak arch__normalize_symbol_name(const char *name)
+{
+	return name;
+}
+
 int __weak arch__compare_symbol_names(const char *namea, const char *nameb)
 {
 	return strcmp(namea, nameb);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index a4f0075b4e5cf285d955ddd1c4a91a4193737768..0563f33c1eb30802a8b609f4612059e099b675c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr);
 void arch__sym_update(struct symbol *s, GElf_Sym *sym);
 #endif
 
+const char *arch__normalize_symbol_name(const char *name);
 #define SYMBOL_A 0
 #define SYMBOL_B 1