diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index b7e0ef0445dea01db5ac1522d0da140e256a0fe9..d4435939c774748532d2ea4afe20c87f3d81b31e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -259,9 +259,6 @@ static int hist_entry__srcline_snprintf(struct hist_entry *self, char *bf,
 	if (!self->ms.map)
 		goto out_ip;
 
-	if (!strncmp(self->ms.map->dso->long_name, "/tmp/perf-", 10))
-		goto out_ip;
-
 	path = get_srcline(self->ms.map->dso->long_name, self->ip);
 	self->srcline = path;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
index 7e92cca6f5022623f11030a6dbbf29aa261ef396..777f91880cdb1ffac3a789a98e55ca5988d4782e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
@@ -57,11 +57,17 @@ char *get_srcline(const char *dso_name, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	char *file;
 	unsigned line;
-	char *srcline;
+	char *srcline = SRCLINE_UNKNOWN;
 	size_t size;
 
+	if (dso_name[0] == '[')
+		goto out;
+
+	if (!strncmp(dso_name, "/tmp/perf-", 10))
+		goto out;
+
 	if (!addr2line(dso_name, addr, &file, &line))
-		return SRCLINE_UNKNOWN;
+		goto out;
 
 	/* just calculate actual length */
 	size = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%s:%u", file, line) + 1;
@@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ char *get_srcline(const char *dso_name, unsigned long addr)
 		srcline = SRCLINE_UNKNOWN;
 
 	free(file);
+out:
 	return srcline;
 }