diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index f7df01adad61..a81ffd2d1a05 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static int machine__process_ksymbol_register(struct machine *machine,
 
 		map__set_start(map, event->ksymbol.addr);
 		map__set_end(map, map__start(map) + event->ksymbol.len);
-		err = maps__insert(machine__kernel_maps(machine), map);
+		err = maps__fixup_overlap_and_insert(machine__kernel_maps(machine), map);
 		if (err) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;