diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 2f7f01ead9a1ca531f294ce4cde8a008dc42d36c..4415ce83150bcf6597a5a7bf83f18651652dd98d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -1326,9 +1326,9 @@ void dso__put(struct dso *dso)
 		dso__delete(dso);
 }
 
-void dso__set_build_id(struct dso *dso, void *build_id)
+void dso__set_build_id(struct dso *dso, struct build_id *bid)
 {
-	memcpy(dso->bid.data, build_id, sizeof(dso->bid.data));
+	dso->bid = *bid;
 	dso->has_build_id = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index eac004210b47b0818c923da72fa701125ff5577b..5a5678dbdaa5d4458a982d23c712fc06f33eecff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ bool dso__sorted_by_name(const struct dso *dso);
 void dso__set_sorted_by_name(struct dso *dso);
 void dso__sort_by_name(struct dso *dso);
 
-void dso__set_build_id(struct dso *dso, void *build_id);
+void dso__set_build_id(struct dso *dso, struct build_id *bid);
 bool dso__build_id_equal(const struct dso *dso, u8 *build_id);
 void dso__read_running_kernel_build_id(struct dso *dso,
 				       struct machine *machine);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index fe220f01fc949d03251b67e84be990d235f8596c..21243adbb9fd7a31b000fd0862ab4d9b08b7e5af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2082,8 +2082,10 @@ static int __event_process_build_id(struct perf_record_header_build_id *bev,
 	dso = machine__findnew_dso(machine, filename);
 	if (dso != NULL) {
 		char sbuild_id[SBUILD_ID_SIZE];
+		struct build_id bid;
 
-		dso__set_build_id(dso, &bev->build_id);
+		build_id__init(&bid, bev->build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE);
+		dso__set_build_id(dso, &bid);
 
 		if (dso_space != DSO_SPACE__USER) {
 			struct kmod_path m = { .name = NULL, };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
index dba6b9e5d64e41a6893e6ce8662cd9914fec68ab..f9eb0bee7f157a971ff514496ddc0b69c0aa3ee3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map __maybe_unused,
 		dso->is_64_bit = ret;
 
 	if (filename__read_build_id(ss->name, &bid) > 0)
-		dso__set_build_id(dso, bid.data);
+		dso__set_build_id(dso, &bid);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 369cbad09f0ddab74c9f1d3afdee0a7f88fe5183..976632d0baa0406b8fd73c951e3789b9e6c56bb0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
 	    is_regular_file(dso->long_name)) {
 	    __symbol__join_symfs(name, PATH_MAX, dso->long_name);
 		if (filename__read_build_id(name, &bid) > 0)
-			dso__set_build_id(dso, bid.data);
+			dso__set_build_id(dso, &bid);
 	}
 
 	/*