diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8f0454d2e4f7..f6d7adade430 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c0d246b85fc7d42688d7a5d999ea671777caf65b
+refs/heads/master: 3843b05d6ef20acbd4b0043e4ab7536602eb10ae
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index db0cc92cf2ea..f63557b59c06 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -718,6 +718,17 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 					sym.st_value);
 			used_opd = true;
 		}
+		/*
+		 * When loading symbols in a data mapping, ABS symbols (which
+		 * has a value of SHN_ABS in its st_shndx) failed at
+		 * elf_getscn().  And it marks the loading as a failure so
+		 * already loaded symbols cannot be fixed up.
+		 *
+		 * I'm not sure what should be done. Just ignore them for now.
+		 * - Namhyung Kim
+		 */
+		if (sym.st_shndx == SHN_ABS)
+			continue;
 
 		sec = elf_getscn(runtime_ss->elf, sym.st_shndx);
 		if (!sec)