diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 4ed379b915fe840016d52794db0075d8e977a5ea..8aab89b2248e888c2c05098a28dde6d49f1f386f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1516,6 +1516,7 @@ static int kernel_maps__create_kernel_map(const struct symbol_conf *conf)
 	vdso = dso__new("[vdso]");
 	if (vdso == NULL)
 		goto out_delete_kernel_map;
+	vdso->loaded = 1;
 
 	if (sysfs__read_build_id("/sys/kernel/notes", kernel->build_id,
 				 sizeof(kernel->build_id)) == 0)