diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 3b2de6eb3376..ab02209a7cf3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter)
 	 * Read the build id if possible. This is required for
 	 * DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO to work
 	 */
-	if (filename__read_build_id(dso->name, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE) > 0)
+	if (filename__read_build_id(dso->long_name, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE) > 0)
 		dso__set_build_id(dso, build_id);
 
 	/*