diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 6214ad47d5540c21314407b1fc7683700de890ee..b1bb348ec3b6bb31c73ab3b13bdd412bde751c41 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_modules(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	for (pos = maps__first(maps); pos; pos = map__next(pos)) {
 		size_t size;
 
-		if (pos->dso->kernel)
+		if (__map__is_kernel(pos))
 			continue;
 
 		size = PERF_ALIGN(pos->dso->long_name_len + 1, sizeof(u64));