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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 4e29e80932e5..9e02c86f39f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1149,9 +1149,29 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
struct dso *dso;
list_for_each_entry(dso, &machine->dsos.head, node) {
- if (!dso->kernel || is_kernel_module(dso->long_name))
+
+ /*
+ * The cpumode passed to is_kernel_module is not the
+ * cpumode of *this* event. If we insist on passing
+ * correct cpumode to is_kernel_module, we should
+ * record the cpumode when we adding this dso to the
+ * linked list.
+ *
+ * However we don't really need passing correct
+ * cpumode. We know the correct cpumode must be kernel
+ * mode (if not, we should not link it onto kernel_dsos
+ * list).
+ *
+ * Therefore, we pass PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN.
+ * is_kernel_module() treats it as a kernel cpumode.
+ */
+
+ if (!dso->kernel ||
+ is_kernel_module(dso->long_name,
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN))
continue;
+
kernel = dso;
break;
}