diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index f8b6ae557d8bd7b7750a8fccf53ae338059ef91e..c03c36fde7e2f3a0d31146c948a38268560227f9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,8 @@ static int cycles_printf(struct hist_entry *he, struct hist_entry *pair,
 	end_line = map__srcline(he->ms.map, bi->sym->start + bi->end,
 				he->ms.sym);
 
-	if ((start_line != SRCLINE_UNKNOWN) && (end_line != SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)) {
+	if ((strncmp(start_line, SRCLINE_UNKNOWN, strlen(SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)) != 0) &&
+	    (strncmp(end_line, SRCLINE_UNKNOWN, strlen(SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)) != 0)) {
 		scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%s -> %s] %4ld",
 			  start_line, end_line, block_he->diff.cycles);
 	} else {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/block-info.c b/tools/perf/util/block-info.c
index c4b030bf6ec2d258da7fecac94d7154b859fb580..fbbb6d640dadcff16ad08083148fdfc9b4598e06 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/block-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/block-info.c
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ static int block_range_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 	end_line = map__srcline(he->ms.map, bi->sym->start + bi->end,
 				he->ms.sym);
 
-	if ((start_line != SRCLINE_UNKNOWN) && (end_line != SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)) {
+	if ((strncmp(start_line, SRCLINE_UNKNOWN, strlen(SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)) != 0) &&
+	    (strncmp(end_line, SRCLINE_UNKNOWN, strlen(SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)) != 0)) {
 		scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%s -> %s]",
 			  start_line, end_line);
 	} else {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index a08ca276098ee1c8fa094307b92c51fa5699e003..95428511300d1e371c756846fbdfd3b415e94782 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ int map__fprintf_srcline(struct map *map, u64 addr, const char *prefix,
 
 	if (map && map->dso) {
 		char *srcline = map__srcline(map, addr, NULL);
-		if (srcline != SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)
+		if (strncmp(srcline, SRCLINE_UNKNOWN, strlen(SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)) != 0)
 			ret = fprintf(fp, "%s%s", prefix, srcline);
 		free_srcline(srcline);
 	}