diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index 3782c82c6e44b579895dc0b48f034f856706c8d4..ced92841ff97d75f2768fae0edba8e5971c93968 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ struct dso {
 		u32		 status_seen;
 		size_t		 file_size;
 		struct list_head open_entry;
+		u64		 frame_offset;
 	} data;
 
 	union { /* Tool specific area */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index 6edf535f65c23428b4982fb651ba3df997d55dfb..e3c40a520a253c73cbad3f4e04558f006508cdb7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -266,14 +266,17 @@ static int read_unwind_spec_eh_frame(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine,
 				     u64 *fde_count)
 {
 	int ret = -EINVAL, fd;
-	u64 offset;
+	u64 offset = dso->data.frame_offset;
 
-	fd = dso__data_fd(dso, machine);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (offset == 0) {
+		fd = dso__data_fd(dso, machine);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* Check the .eh_frame section for unwinding info */
-	offset = elf_section_offset(fd, ".eh_frame_hdr");
+		/* Check the .eh_frame section for unwinding info */
+		offset = elf_section_offset(fd, ".eh_frame_hdr");
+		dso->data.frame_offset = offset;
+	}
 
 	if (offset)
 		ret = unwind_spec_ehframe(dso, machine, offset,
@@ -287,14 +290,20 @@ static int read_unwind_spec_eh_frame(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine,
 static int read_unwind_spec_debug_frame(struct dso *dso,
 					struct machine *machine, u64 *offset)
 {
-	int fd = dso__data_fd(dso, machine);
+	int fd;
+	u64 ofs = dso->data.frame_offset;
 
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (ofs == 0) {
+		fd = dso__data_fd(dso, machine);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* Check the .debug_frame section for unwinding info */
-	*offset = elf_section_offset(fd, ".debug_frame");
+		/* Check the .debug_frame section for unwinding info */
+		ofs = elf_section_offset(fd, ".debug_frame");
+		dso->data.frame_offset = ofs;
+	}
 
+	*offset = ofs;
 	if (*offset)
 		return 0;