diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 0974f957b8fa..2ca107f3efdf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -823,6 +823,19 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
 	symbol__init();
 
+	if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict)
+		pr_warning("WARNING: Kernel address maps "
+			   "(/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted, "
+			   "check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
+			   "Samples in kernel functions may not be resolved "
+			   "if a suitable vmlinux file is not found in the "
+			   "buildid cache or in the vmlinux path.\n\n"
+			   "Samples in kernel modules won't be resolved "
+			   "at all.\n\n"
+			   "If some relocation was applied (e.g. kexec) "
+			   "symbols may be misresolved even with a suitable "
+			   "vmlinux or kallsyms file.\n\n");
+
 	if (no_buildid_cache || no_buildid)
 		disable_buildid_cache();
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 498c6f70a747..99156c35bc62 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ static int process_sample_event(union perf_event *event,
 	if (al.filtered || (hide_unresolved && al.sym == NULL))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (al.map != NULL)
+		al.map->dso->hit = 1;
+
 	if (perf_session__add_hist_entry(session, &al, sample, evsel)) {
 		pr_debug("problem incrementing symbol period, skipping event\n");
 		return -1;
@@ -249,6 +252,8 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
 	u64 nr_samples;
 	struct perf_session *session;
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
+	struct map *kernel_map;
+	struct kmap *kernel_kmap;
 	const char *help = "For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso";
 
 	signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
@@ -268,6 +273,27 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_delete;
 
+	kernel_map = session->host_machine.vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION];
+	kernel_kmap = map__kmap(kernel_map);
+	if (kernel_map == NULL ||
+	    (kernel_map->dso->hit &&
+	     (kernel_kmap->ref_reloc_sym == NULL ||
+	      kernel_kmap->ref_reloc_sym->addr == 0))) {
+		const struct dso *kdso = kernel_map->dso;
+
+		ui__warning("Kernel address maps "
+			    "(/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) were restricted, "
+			    "check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict before "
+			    "running 'perf record'.\n\n%s\n\n"
+			    "Samples in kernel modules can't be resolved "
+			    "as well.\n\n",
+			    RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&kdso->symbols[MAP__FUNCTION]) ?
+			    "As no suitable kallsyms nor vmlinux was found, "
+			    "kernel samples can't be resolved." :
+			    "If some relocation was applied (e.g. kexec) "
+			    "symbols may be misresolved.");
+	}
+
 	if (dump_trace) {
 		perf_session__fprintf_nr_events(session, stdout);
 		goto out_delete;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 6635fcd11ca5..0fe9adf76379 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -553,9 +553,18 @@ static int perf_event__process_kernel_mmap(union perf_event *event,
 			goto out_problem;
 
 		perf_event__set_kernel_mmap_len(event, machine->vmlinux_maps);
-		perf_session__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym(machine->vmlinux_maps,
-							 symbol_name,
-							 event->mmap.pgoff);
+
+		/*
+		 * Avoid using a zero address (kptr_restrict) for the ref reloc
+		 * symbol. Effectively having zero here means that at record
+		 * time /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict was non zero.
+		 */
+		if (event->mmap.pgoff != 0) {
+			perf_session__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym(machine->vmlinux_maps,
+								 symbol_name,
+								 event->mmap.pgoff);
+		}
+
 		if (machine__is_default_guest(machine)) {
 			/*
 			 * preload dso of guest kernel and modules
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 0717bebc7649..afb0849fe530 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -193,9 +193,13 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir,
 	     *linkname = malloc(size), *targetname;
 	int len, err = -1;
 
-	if (is_kallsyms)
+	if (is_kallsyms) {
+		if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict) {
+			pr_debug("Not caching a kptr_restrict'ed /proc/kallsyms\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
 		realname = (char *)name;
-	else
+	} else
 		realname = realpath(name, NULL);
 
 	if (realname == NULL || filename == NULL || linkname == NULL)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 516876dfbe52..eec196329fd9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -676,9 +676,30 @@ discard_symbol:		rb_erase(&pos->rb_node, root);
 	return count + moved;
 }
 
+static bool symbol__restricted_filename(const char *filename,
+					const char *restricted_filename)
+{
+	bool restricted = false;
+
+	if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict) {
+		char *r = realpath(filename, NULL);
+
+		if (r != NULL) {
+			restricted = strcmp(r, restricted_filename) == 0;
+			free(r);
+			return restricted;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return restricted;
+}
+
 int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *dso, const char *filename,
 		       struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
+	if (symbol__restricted_filename(filename, "/proc/kallsyms"))
+		return -1;
+
 	if (dso__load_all_kallsyms(dso, filename, map) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -1790,6 +1811,9 @@ static int machine__create_modules(struct machine *machine)
 		modules = path;
 	}
 
+	if (symbol__restricted_filename(path, "/proc/modules"))
+		return -1;
+
 	file = fopen(modules, "r");
 	if (file == NULL)
 		return -1;
@@ -2239,6 +2263,9 @@ static u64 machine__get_kernel_start_addr(struct machine *machine)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (symbol__restricted_filename(filename, "/proc/kallsyms"))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (kallsyms__parse(filename, &args, symbol__in_kernel) <= 0)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2410,6 +2437,25 @@ static int setup_list(struct strlist **list, const char *list_str,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool symbol__read_kptr_restrict(void)
+{
+	bool value = false;
+
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		FILE *fp = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict", "r");
+		if (fp != NULL) {
+			char line[8];
+
+			if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
+				value = atoi(line) != 0;
+
+			fclose(fp);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return value;
+}
+
 int symbol__init(void)
 {
 	const char *symfs;
@@ -2456,6 +2502,8 @@ int symbol__init(void)
 	if (symfs != symbol_conf.symfs)
 		free((void *)symfs);
 
+	symbol_conf.kptr_restrict = symbol__read_kptr_restrict();
+
 	symbol_conf.initialized = true;
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 242de0101a86..325ee36a9d29 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ struct symbol_conf {
 			use_callchain,
 			exclude_other,
 			show_cpu_utilization,
-			initialized;
+			initialized,
+			kptr_restrict;
 	const char	*vmlinux_name,
 			*kallsyms_name,
 			*source_prefix,