diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 28cd6a17491b2077815ce0d9bb86f741f7a2be6e..dfee110b3a589d998287b3ec1bdd713dbd65a40c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -1862,6 +1862,7 @@ int symbol__annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
 		     struct annotation_options *options,
 		     struct arch **parch)
 {
+	struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
 	struct annotate_args args = {
 		.privsize	= privsize,
 		.evsel		= evsel,
@@ -1892,6 +1893,7 @@ int symbol__annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
 
 	args.ms.map = map;
 	args.ms.sym = sym;
+	notes->start = map__rip_2objdump(map, sym->start);
 
 	return symbol__disassemble(sym, &args);
 }
@@ -2746,8 +2748,6 @@ int symbol__annotate2(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map, struct perf_evsel *ev
 
 	symbol__calc_percent(sym, evsel);
 
-	notes->start = map__rip_2objdump(map, sym->start);
-
 	annotation__set_offsets(notes, size);
 	annotation__mark_jump_targets(notes, sym);
 	annotation__compute_ipc(notes, size);