diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index f338990e0fe65f4bd1ec4acf2896933747dedb09..99f0a39c3c596d7635d7f58b41de6b23645ac210 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ char dso__symtab_origin(const struct dso *dso)
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE_DEBUGINFO]	= 'D',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__FEDORA_DEBUGINFO]		= 'f',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO]		= 'u',
+		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__MIXEDUP_UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO]	= 'x',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__OPENEMBEDDED_DEBUGINFO]	= 'o',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO]		= 'b',
 		[DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_DSO]		= 'd',
@@ -129,6 +130,21 @@ int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso,
 		snprintf(filename + len, size - len, "%s", dso->long_name);
 		break;
 
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__MIXEDUP_UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO:
+		/*
+		 * Ubuntu can mixup /usr/lib with /lib, putting debuginfo in
+		 * /usr/lib/debug/lib when it is expected to be in
+		 * /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib
+		 */
+		if (strlen(dso->long_name) < 9 ||
+		    strncmp(dso->long_name, "/usr/lib/", 9)) {
+			ret = -1;
+			break;
+		}
+		len = __symbol__join_symfs(filename, size, "/usr/lib/debug");
+		snprintf(filename + len, size - len, "%s", dso->long_name + 4);
+		break;
+
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__OPENEMBEDDED_DEBUGINFO:
 	{
 		const char *last_slash;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index e3e9e3b772970fe3bd9e58c889d3017c3514d40b..d3d03274b0d1a91b6328cb4d9f700281e1488bc0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum dso_binary_type {
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE_DEBUGINFO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__FEDORA_DEBUGINFO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO,
+	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__MIXEDUP_UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_DSO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KMODULE,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index e4cff49384f411e6c6d0e34d94bd869fadc88f06..55924255c5355eaf47d01b61c576e3903a1e9cc8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ enum dso_binary_type distro_dwarf_types[] = {
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__OPENEMBEDDED_DEBUGINFO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO,
+	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__MIXEDUP_UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__NOT_FOUND,
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 381da6b39f89a46f0bf179a0811dc2aa7e511c8b..57cbe7a29868327bf4ea5e4e8cf331d623eabe2d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static enum dso_binary_type binary_type_symtab[] = {
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_KMODULE,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_KMODULE_COMP,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__OPENEMBEDDED_DEBUGINFO,
+	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__MIXEDUP_UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO,
 	DSO_BINARY_TYPE__NOT_FOUND,
 };
 
@@ -1529,6 +1530,7 @@ static bool dso__is_compatible_symtab_type(struct dso *dso, bool kmod,
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_DSO:
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__FEDORA_DEBUGINFO:
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__MIXEDUP_UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO:
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO:
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__OPENEMBEDDED_DEBUGINFO:
 		return !kmod && dso->kernel == DSO_TYPE_USER;