diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 81fc29ac798fa..b4204b43ed58a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -621,14 +621,19 @@ enum match_result {
 static enum match_result match_chain_srcline(struct callchain_cursor_node *node,
 					     struct callchain_list *cnode)
 {
-	char *left = get_srcline(cnode->ms.map->dso,
+	char *left = NULL;
+	char *right = NULL;
+	enum match_result ret = MATCH_EQ;
+	int cmp;
+
+	if (cnode->ms.map)
+		left = get_srcline(cnode->ms.map->dso,
 				 map__rip_2objdump(cnode->ms.map, cnode->ip),
 				 cnode->ms.sym, true, false);
-	char *right = get_srcline(node->map->dso,
+	if (node->map)
+		right = get_srcline(node->map->dso,
 				  map__rip_2objdump(node->map, node->ip),
 				  node->sym, true, false);
-	enum match_result ret = MATCH_EQ;
-	int cmp;
 
 	if (left && right)
 		cmp = strcmp(left, right);