diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 7afa8a117139..77e6dcba8fda 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1592,9 +1592,11 @@ dso__load_sym_internal(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, struct symsrc *syms_ss,
 		if (!is_label && !elf_sym__filter(&sym))
 			continue;
 
-		/* Reject ARM ELF "mapping symbols": these aren't unique and
+		/*
+		 * Reject ARM ELF "mapping symbols": these aren't unique and
 		 * don't identify functions, so will confuse the profile
-		 * output: */
+		 * output:
+		 */
 		if (ehdr.e_machine == EM_ARM || ehdr.e_machine == EM_AARCH64) {
 			if (elf_name[0] == '$' && strchr("adtx", elf_name[1])
 			    && (elf_name[2] == '\0' || elf_name[2] == '.'))
@@ -1607,6 +1609,10 @@ dso__load_sym_internal(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, struct symsrc *syms_ss,
 				continue;
 		}
 
+		/* Reject kernel mapping symbols for kernel DSOs only */
+		if (dso__kernel(dso) && is_ignored_kernel_symbol(elf_name))
+			continue;
+
 		if (runtime_ss->opdsec && sym.st_shndx == runtime_ss->opdidx) {
 			u32 offset = sym.st_value - syms_ss->opdshdr.sh_addr;
 			u64 *opd = opddata->d_buf + offset;