diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 4ac1f871ec27..a9d758a3b371 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int dso__split_kallsyms_for_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
  * kernel range is broken in several maps, named [kernel].N, as we don't have
  * the original ELF section names vmlinux have.
  */
-static int dso__split_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
+static int dso__split_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, u64 delta,
 			       symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
 	struct map_groups *kmaps = map__kmap(map)->kmaps;
@@ -692,6 +692,12 @@ static int dso__split_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 			char dso_name[PATH_MAX];
 			struct dso *ndso;
 
+			if (delta) {
+				/* Kernel was relocated at boot time */
+				pos->start -= delta;
+				pos->end -= delta;
+			}
+
 			if (count == 0) {
 				curr_map = map;
 				goto filter_symbol;
@@ -721,6 +727,10 @@ static int dso__split_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 			curr_map->map_ip = curr_map->unmap_ip = identity__map_ip;
 			map_groups__insert(kmaps, curr_map);
 			++kernel_range;
+		} else if (delta) {
+			/* Kernel was relocated at boot time */
+			pos->start -= delta;
+			pos->end -= delta;
 		}
 filter_symbol:
 		if (filter && filter(curr_map, pos)) {
@@ -1130,15 +1140,41 @@ out_err:
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If the kernel is relocated at boot time, kallsyms won't match.  Compute the
+ * delta based on the relocation reference symbol.
+ */
+static int kallsyms__delta(struct map *map, const char *filename, u64 *delta)
+{
+	struct kmap *kmap = map__kmap(map);
+	u64 addr;
+
+	if (!kmap->ref_reloc_sym || !kmap->ref_reloc_sym->name)
+		return 0;
+
+	addr = kallsyms__get_function_start(filename,
+					    kmap->ref_reloc_sym->name);
+	if (!addr)
+		return -1;
+
+	*delta = addr - kmap->ref_reloc_sym->addr;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, const char *filename,
 		       struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
+	u64 delta = 0;
+
 	if (symbol__restricted_filename(filename, "/proc/kallsyms"))
 		return -1;
 
 	if (dso__load_all_kallsyms(dso, filename, map) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (kallsyms__delta(map, filename, &delta))
+		return -1;
+
 	symbols__fixup_duplicate(&dso->symbols[map->type]);
 	symbols__fixup_end(&dso->symbols[map->type]);
 
@@ -1150,7 +1186,7 @@ int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, const char *filename,
 	if (!dso__load_kcore(dso, map, filename))
 		return dso__split_kallsyms_for_kcore(dso, map, filter);
 	else
-		return dso__split_kallsyms(dso, map, filter);
+		return dso__split_kallsyms(dso, map, delta, filter);
 }
 
 static int dso__load_perf_map(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,