diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 253effe4bd25..61dd01186830 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 37073f9e449bc430e6c40b9cffc2558002a0256a
+refs/heads/master: 378474e4b23183002f1791b294a4440b6b7df36a
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 9d04dcd91815..3e2e5ea0f03f 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -2817,8 +2817,11 @@ int machine__load_vmlinux_path(struct machine *machine, enum map_type type,
 
 struct map *dso__new_map(const char *name)
 {
+	struct map *map = NULL;
 	struct dso *dso = dso__new(name);
-	struct map *map = map__new2(0, dso, MAP__FUNCTION);
+
+	if (dso)
+		map = map__new2(0, dso, MAP__FUNCTION);
 
 	return map;
 }