diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 02f2669f6306..980456dcf498 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b1b0267336b1b74eeb8884bac4be96296b719e67
+refs/heads/master: 696b97a5d2de9e2b22699300835e675dfffe8592
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index b6f5970f9106..1a367734e016 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,16 @@ static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *self, struct map *map, const char *name,
 		if (!is_label && !elf_sym__is_a(&sym, map->type))
 			continue;
 
+		/* Reject ARM ELF "mapping symbols": these aren't unique and
+		 * don't identify functions, so will confuse the profile
+		 * output: */
+		if (ehdr.e_machine == EM_ARM) {
+			if (!strcmp(elf_name, "$a") ||
+			    !strcmp(elf_name, "$d") ||
+			    !strcmp(elf_name, "$t"))
+				continue;
+		}
+
 		if (opdsec && sym.st_shndx == opdidx) {
 			u32 offset = sym.st_value - opdshdr.sh_addr;
 			u64 *opd = opddata->d_buf + offset;