diff --git a/tools/perf/util/compress.h b/tools/perf/util/compress.h
index ecca688a25fb75977c542f6107e8b11f20345c70..892e92e7e7fc8e507baf198947eef5f6326afdf0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/compress.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/compress.h
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_SUPPORT
 int gzip_decompress_to_file(const char *input, int output_fd);
+bool gzip_is_compressed(const char *input);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LZMA_SUPPORT
 int lzma_decompress_to_file(const char *input, int output_fd);
+bool lzma_is_compressed(const char *input);
 #endif
 
 #endif /* PERF_COMPRESS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index cbeecf683333619c0dbaab7a19906486c7d625ae..8b9243f13b8852268601ce2e9c7704234dba5654 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -196,15 +196,16 @@ enum {
 static const struct {
 	const char *fmt;
 	int (*decompress)(const char *input, int output);
+	bool (*is_compressed)(const char *input);
 } compressions[] = {
 	[COMP_ID__NONE] = { .fmt = NULL, },
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_SUPPORT
-	{ "gz", gzip_decompress_to_file },
+	{ "gz", gzip_decompress_to_file, gzip_is_compressed },
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_LZMA_SUPPORT
-	{ "xz", lzma_decompress_to_file },
+	{ "xz", lzma_decompress_to_file, lzma_is_compressed },
 #endif
-	{ NULL, NULL },
+	{ NULL, NULL, NULL },
 };
 
 static int is_supported_compression(const char *ext)
@@ -262,6 +263,22 @@ static int decompress_kmodule(struct dso *dso, const char *name,
 	if (dso->comp == COMP_ID__NONE)
 		return -1;
 
+	/*
+	 * We have proper compression id for DSO and yet the file
+	 * behind the 'name' can still be plain uncompressed object.
+	 *
+	 * The reason is behind the logic we open the DSO object files,
+	 * when we try all possible 'debug' objects until we find the
+	 * data. So even if the DSO is represented by 'krava.xz' module,
+	 * we can end up here opening ~/.debug/....23432432/debug' file
+	 * which is not compressed.
+	 *
+	 * To keep this transparent, we detect this and return the file
+	 * descriptor to the uncompressed file.
+	 */
+	if (!compressions[dso->comp].is_compressed(name))
+		return open(name, O_RDONLY);
+
 	fd = mkstemp(tmpbuf);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		dso->load_errno = errno;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/lzma.c b/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
index 07498eaddc0836c7339155eb4e0439e3044047ea..7032caaf75eb3c6cc4a0048448b9739cf457e256 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
@@ -99,3 +99,8 @@ int lzma_decompress_to_file(const char *input, int output_fd)
 	fclose(infile);
 	return err;
 }
+
+bool lzma_is_compressed(const char *input __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
index a725b958cf31bb67f04267d75b951035cb767a8c..e6831721467968d8d884be89d58cd8ffe306b54b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <zlib.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 #include "util/compress.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
@@ -79,3 +80,8 @@ int gzip_decompress_to_file(const char *input, int output_fd)
 
 	return ret == Z_STREAM_END ? 0 : -1;
 }
+
+bool gzip_is_compressed(const char *input __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return true;
+}