diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index c5b4756..2f72aec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
 	       ehdr.e_type == ET_DYN;
 }
 
-#if defined(_CALL_ELF) && _CALL_ELF == 2
-void arch__elf_sym_adjust(GElf_Sym *sym)
-{
-	sym->st_value += PPC64_LOCAL_ENTRY_OFFSET(sym->st_other);
-}
-#endif
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
@@ -65,11 +59,21 @@ bool arch__prefers_symtab(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
+void arch__sym_update(struct symbol *s, GElf_Sym *sym)
+{
+	s->arch_sym = sym->st_other;
+}
+#endif
+
 #define PPC64LE_LEP_OFFSET	8
 
 void arch__fix_tev_from_maps(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
-			     struct probe_trace_event *tev, struct map *map)
+			     struct probe_trace_event *tev, struct map *map,
+			     struct symbol *sym)
 {
+	int lep_offset;
+
 	/*
 	 * When probing at a function entry point, we normally always want the
 	 * LEP since that catches calls to the function through both the GEP and
@@ -82,10 +86,14 @@ void arch__fix_tev_from_maps(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	 *
 	 * In addition, we shouldn't specify an offset for kretprobes.
 	 */
-	if (pev->point.offset || pev->point.retprobe)
+	if (pev->point.offset || pev->point.retprobe || !map || !sym)
 		return;
 
+	lep_offset = PPC64_LOCAL_ENTRY_OFFSET(sym->arch_sym);
+
 	if (!pev->uprobes && map->dso->symtab_type == DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS)
 		tev->point.offset += PPC64LE_LEP_OFFSET;
+	else if (lep_offset)
+		tev->point.offset += lep_offset;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 8319fbb..d786a49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2498,7 +2498,8 @@ static int find_probe_functions(struct map *map, char *name,
 
 void __weak arch__fix_tev_from_maps(struct perf_probe_event *pev __maybe_unused,
 				struct probe_trace_event *tev __maybe_unused,
-				struct map *map __maybe_unused) { }
+				struct map *map __maybe_unused,
+				struct symbol *sym __maybe_unused) { }
 
 /*
  * Find probe function addresses from map.
@@ -2624,7 +2625,7 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 					strdup_or_goto(pev->args[i].type,
 							nomem_out);
 		}
-		arch__fix_tev_from_maps(pev, tev, map);
+		arch__fix_tev_from_maps(pev, tev, map, sym);
 	}
 	if (ret == skipped) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
index e54e7b0..9bbc0c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ int show_available_vars(struct perf_probe_event *pevs, int npevs,
 int show_available_funcs(const char *module, struct strfilter *filter, bool user);
 bool arch__prefers_symtab(void);
 void arch__fix_tev_from_maps(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
-			     struct probe_trace_event *tev, struct map *map);
+			     struct probe_trace_event *tev, struct map *map,
+			     struct symbol *sym);
 
 /* If there is no space to write, returns -E2BIG. */
 int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index bc229a7..e6c032e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ static bool want_demangle(bool is_kernel_sym)
 	return is_kernel_sym ? symbol_conf.demangle_kernel : symbol_conf.demangle;
 }
 
-void __weak arch__elf_sym_adjust(GElf_Sym *sym __maybe_unused) { }
+void __weak arch__sym_update(struct symbol *s __maybe_unused,
+		GElf_Sym *sym __maybe_unused) { }
 
 int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 		  struct symsrc *syms_ss, struct symsrc *runtime_ss,
@@ -954,8 +955,6 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 		    (sym.st_value & 1))
 			--sym.st_value;
 
-		arch__elf_sym_adjust(&sym);
-
 		if (dso->kernel || kmodule) {
 			char dso_name[PATH_MAX];
 
@@ -1089,6 +1088,8 @@ new_symbol:
 		if (!f)
 			goto out_elf_end;
 
+		arch__sym_update(f, &sym);
+
 		if (filter && filter(curr_map, f))
 			symbol__delete(f);
 		else {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index c8b7544..f0e62e8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	u16		namelen;
 	u8		binding;
 	bool		ignore;
+	u8		arch_sym;
 	char		name[0];
 };
 
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ int setup_intlist(struct intlist **list, const char *list_str,
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
 bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr);
-void arch__elf_sym_adjust(GElf_Sym *sym);
+void arch__sym_update(struct symbol *s, GElf_Sym *sym);
 #endif
 
 #define SYMBOL_A 0
