diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 959883b43979..682f7518301c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f57b05ed532ccf3b3e22878a5678ca10de50ad29
+refs/heads/master: e9b52ef2228cd0bed7a4465c693a39489e2c338d
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index e142c21ae9a5..469c0264ed29 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter)
 	if (strncmp(dso->name, "/tmp/perf-", 10) == 0) {
 		struct stat st;
 
-		if (stat(dso->name, &st) < 0)
+		if (lstat(dso->name, &st) < 0)
 			return -1;
 
 		if (st.st_uid && (st.st_uid != geteuid())) {