diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index 56d52a33a3dfc..005c9cc069359 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(set_plugin_dir),1)
-PLUGIN_DIR = -DPLUGIN_DIR="$(DESTDIR)/$(plugin_dir)"
+PLUGIN_DIR = -DPLUGIN_DIR="$(plugin_dir)"
 PLUGIN_DIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(PLUGIN_DIR))'
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index d604e50fc167b..c48d44958172b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -600,5 +600,5 @@ perfexec_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(perfexec_instdir))
 # Otherwise we install plugins into the global $(libdir).
 ifdef DESTDIR
 plugindir=$(libdir)/traceevent/plugins
-plugindir_SQ= $(subst ','\'',$(prefix)/$(plugindir))
+plugindir_SQ= $(subst ','\'',$(plugindir))
 endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index ee1dd687a2625..3b97513f0e771 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ struct symbol *map_groups__find_symbol(struct map_groups *mg,
 {
 	struct map *map = map_groups__find(mg, type, addr);
 
-	if (map != NULL) {
+	/* Ensure map is loaded before using map->map_ip */
+	if (map != NULL && map__load(map, filter) >= 0) {
 		if (mapp != NULL)
 			*mapp = map;
 		return map__find_symbol(map, map->map_ip(map, addr), filter);