diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index 45ec4d0a50eda2f8c3b3bc700e573ce89ed58fc8..ef3dbc9890139b145694f53fb82bd5c735043ee0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ struct dso {
 	u8		 loaded;
 	u8		 rel;
 	u8		 build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE];
+	u64		 text_offset;
 	const char	 *short_name;
 	const char	 *long_name;
 	u16		 long_name_len;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index b1dd68f358fcd8e7390b5929ed736a357c7853c1..bc229a74c6a9aa70f2605fe04b7076c9c346f6cb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 	uint32_t idx;
 	GElf_Ehdr ehdr;
 	GElf_Shdr shdr;
+	GElf_Shdr tshdr;
 	Elf_Data *syms, *opddata = NULL;
 	GElf_Sym sym;
 	Elf_Scn *sec, *sec_strndx;
@@ -832,6 +833,9 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 	sec = syms_ss->symtab;
 	shdr = syms_ss->symshdr;
 
+	if (elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &tshdr, ".text", NULL))
+		dso->text_offset = tshdr.sh_addr - tshdr.sh_offset;
+
 	if (runtime_ss->opdsec)
 		opddata = elf_rawdata(runtime_ss->opdsec, NULL);
 
@@ -880,12 +884,8 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 	 * Handle any relocation of vdso necessary because older kernels
 	 * attempted to prelink vdso to its virtual address.
 	 */
-	if (dso__is_vdso(dso)) {
-		GElf_Shdr tshdr;
-
-		if (elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &tshdr, ".text", NULL))
-			map->reloc = map->start - tshdr.sh_addr + tshdr.sh_offset;
-	}
+	if (dso__is_vdso(dso))
+		map->reloc = map->start - dso->text_offset;
 
 	dso->adjust_symbols = runtime_ss->adjust_symbols || ref_reloc(kmap);
 	/*