diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 88c570c..4af7199 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -494,6 +494,11 @@
 	if (!perf_session__has_traces(session, "kmem record"))
 		goto out_delete;
 
+	if (perf_session__create_kernel_maps(session) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Problems creating kernel maps\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	setup_pager();
 	err = perf_session__process_events(session, &event_ops);
 	if (err != 0)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 8f88420..c130df2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -465,6 +465,11 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (perf_session__create_kernel_maps(session) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Problems creating kernel maps\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (!file_new) {
 		err = perf_header__read(&session->header, output);
 		if (err < 0)
@@ -558,6 +563,12 @@
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	err = event__synthesize_modules(process_synthesized_event, session);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol.\n");
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	if (!system_wide && profile_cpu == -1)
 		event__synthesize_thread(pid, process_synthesized_event,
 					 session);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index ddc584b..6822b44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,11 @@
 	if (session == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (perf_session__create_kernel_maps(session) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Problems creating kernel maps\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (target_pid != -1)
 		event__synthesize_thread(target_pid, event__process, session);
 	else
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index bfb3d87..4f3e7ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -154,6 +154,36 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int event__synthesize_modules(event__handler_t process,
+			      struct perf_session *session)
+{
+	struct rb_node *nd;
+
+	for (nd = rb_first(&session->kmaps.maps[MAP__FUNCTION]);
+	     nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
+		event_t ev;
+		size_t size;
+		struct map *pos = rb_entry(nd, struct map, rb_node);
+
+		if (pos->dso->kernel)
+			continue;
+
+		size = ALIGN(pos->dso->long_name_len + 1, sizeof(u64));
+		memset(&ev, 0, sizeof(ev));
+		ev.mmap.header.type = PERF_RECORD_MMAP;
+		ev.mmap.header.size = (sizeof(ev.mmap) -
+				        (sizeof(ev.mmap.filename) - size));
+		ev.mmap.start = pos->start;
+		ev.mmap.len   = pos->end - pos->start;
+
+		memcpy(ev.mmap.filename, pos->dso->long_name,
+		       pos->dso->long_name_len + 1);
+		process(&ev, session);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int event__synthesize_thread(pid_t pid, event__handler_t process,
 			     struct perf_session *session)
 {
@@ -222,7 +252,9 @@
 			"[kernel.kallsyms.%s]", symbol_name) + 1;
 	size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
 	ev.mmap.header.size = (sizeof(ev.mmap) - (sizeof(ev.mmap.filename) - size));
-	ev.mmap.start = args.start;
+	ev.mmap.pgoff = args.start;
+	ev.mmap.start = session->vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION]->start;
+	ev.mmap.len   = session->vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION]->end - ev.mmap.start ;
 
 	return process(&ev, session);
 }
@@ -280,7 +312,6 @@
 {
 	struct thread *thread;
 	struct map *map;
-	static const char kmmap_prefix[] = "[kernel.kallsyms.";
 
 	dump_printf(" %d/%d: [%p(%p) @ %p]: %s\n",
 		    self->mmap.pid, self->mmap.tid,
@@ -289,13 +320,61 @@
 		    (void *)(long)self->mmap.pgoff,
 		    self->mmap.filename);
 
-	if (self->mmap.pid == 0 &&
-	    memcmp(self->mmap.filename, kmmap_prefix,
-		   sizeof(kmmap_prefix) - 1) == 0) {
-		const char *symbol_name = (self->mmap.filename +
-					   sizeof(kmmap_prefix) - 1);
-		perf_session__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym(session, symbol_name,
-							 self->mmap.start);
+	if (self->mmap.pid == 0) {
+		static const char kmmap_prefix[] = "[kernel.kallsyms.";
+
+		if (self->mmap.filename[0] == '/') {
+			char short_module_name[1024];
+			char *name = strrchr(self->mmap.filename, '/'), *dot;
+
+			if (name == NULL)
+				goto out_problem;
+
+			++name; /* skip / */
+			dot = strrchr(name, '.');
+			if (dot == NULL)
+				goto out_problem;
+
+			snprintf(short_module_name, sizeof(short_module_name),
+				 "[%.*s]", (int)(dot - name), name);
+			strxfrchar(short_module_name, '-', '_');
+
+			map = perf_session__new_module_map(session,
+							   self->mmap.start,
+							   short_module_name);
+			if (map == NULL)
+				goto out_problem;
+
+			name = strdup(self->mmap.filename);
+			if (name == NULL)
+				goto out_problem;
+
+			dso__set_long_name(map->dso, name);
+			map->end = map->start + self->mmap.len;
+		} else if (memcmp(self->mmap.filename, kmmap_prefix,
+				sizeof(kmmap_prefix) - 1) == 0) {
+			const char *symbol_name = (self->mmap.filename +
+						   sizeof(kmmap_prefix) - 1);
+			/*
+			 * Should be there already, from the build-id table in
+			 * the header.
+			 */
+			struct dso *kernel = __dsos__findnew(&dsos__kernel,
+							     "[kernel.kallsyms]");
+			if (kernel == NULL)
+				goto out_problem;
+
+			if (__map_groups__create_kernel_maps(&session->kmaps,
+							     session->vmlinux_maps,
+							     kernel) < 0)
+				goto out_problem;
+
+			session->vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION]->start = self->mmap.start;
+			session->vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION]->end   = self->mmap.start + self->mmap.len;
+
+			perf_session__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym(session, symbol_name,
+								 self->mmap.pgoff);
+		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -304,10 +383,13 @@
 		       session->cwd, session->cwdlen);
 
 	if (thread == NULL || map == NULL)
-		dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_MMAP, skipping event.\n");
-	else
-		thread__insert_map(thread, map);
+		goto out_problem;
 
+	thread__insert_map(thread, map);
+	return 0;
+
+out_problem:
+	dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_MMAP, skipping event.\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 80356da..50a7132 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
 int event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(event__handler_t process,
 				  struct perf_session *session,
 				  const char *symbol_name);
+int event__synthesize_modules(event__handler_t process,
+			      struct perf_session *session);
 
 int event__process_comm(event_t *self, struct perf_session *session);
 int event__process_lost(event_t *self, struct perf_session *session);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 378ac54..fd1c5a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@
 	self->unknown_events = 0;
 	map_groups__init(&self->kmaps);
 
-	if (perf_session__create_kernel_maps(self) < 0)
-		goto out_delete;
-
 	if (mode == O_RDONLY && perf_session__open(self, force) < 0)
 		goto out_delete;
 
@@ -268,8 +265,11 @@
 			head = &dsos__kernel;
 
 		dso = __dsos__findnew(head, filename);
-		if (dso != NULL)
+		if (dso != NULL) {
 			dso__set_build_id(dso, &bev.build_id);
+			if (head == &dsos__kernel && filename[0] == '[')
+				dso->kernel = 1;
+		}
 
 		offset += bev.header.size;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 8e6627e..381999d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 		       self->start, self->end, self->name);
 }
 
-static void dso__set_long_name(struct dso *self, char *name)
+void dso__set_long_name(struct dso *self, char *name)
 {
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
 struct dso *dso__new(const char *name)
 {
-	struct dso *self = malloc(sizeof(*self) + strlen(name) + 1);
+	struct dso *self = zalloc(sizeof(*self) + strlen(name) + 1);
 
 	if (self != NULL) {
 		int i;
@@ -500,13 +500,17 @@
 
 			*module++ = '\0';
 
-			if (strcmp(self->name, module)) {
+			if (strcmp(curr_map->dso->short_name, module)) {
 				curr_map = map_groups__find_by_name(&session->kmaps, map->type, module);
 				if (curr_map == NULL) {
 					pr_debug("/proc/{kallsyms,modules} "
-					         "inconsistency!\n");
+					         "inconsistency while looking "
+						 "for \"%s\" module!\n", module);
 					return -1;
 				}
+
+				if (curr_map->dso->loaded)
+					goto discard_symbol;
 			}
 			/*
 			 * So that we look just like we get from .ko files,
@@ -1343,13 +1347,33 @@
 	for (nd = rb_first(&self->maps[type]); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
 		struct map *map = rb_entry(nd, struct map, rb_node);
 
-		if (map->dso && strcmp(map->dso->name, name) == 0)
+		if (map->dso && strcmp(map->dso->short_name, name) == 0)
 			return map;
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int dso__kernel_module_get_build_id(struct dso *self)
+{
+	char filename[PATH_MAX];
+	/*
+	 * kernel module short names are of the form "[module]" and
+	 * we need just "module" here.
+	 */
+	const char *name = self->short_name + 1;
+
+	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename),
+		 "/sys/module/%.*s/notes/.note.gnu.build-id",
+		 (int)strlen(name - 1), name);
+
+	if (sysfs__read_build_id(filename, self->build_id,
+				 sizeof(self->build_id)) == 0)
+		self->has_build_id = true;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int perf_session__set_modules_path_dir(struct perf_session *self, char *dirname)
 {
 	struct dirent *dent;
@@ -1395,6 +1419,7 @@
 			if (long_name == NULL)
 				goto failure;
 			dso__set_long_name(map->dso, long_name);
+			dso__kernel_module_get_build_id(map->dso);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1437,6 +1462,24 @@
 	return self;
 }
 
+struct map *perf_session__new_module_map(struct perf_session *self, u64 start,
+					 const char *filename)
+{
+	struct map *map;
+	struct dso *dso = __dsos__findnew(&dsos__kernel, filename);
+
+	if (dso == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	map = map__new2(start, dso, MAP__FUNCTION);
+	if (map == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	dso->origin = DSO__ORIG_KMODULE;
+	map_groups__insert(&self->kmaps, map);
+	return map;
+}
+
 static int perf_session__create_module_maps(struct perf_session *self)
 {
 	char *line = NULL;
@@ -1450,7 +1493,6 @@
 	while (!feof(file)) {
 		char name[PATH_MAX];
 		u64 start;
-		struct dso *dso;
 		char *sep;
 		int line_len;
 
@@ -1476,26 +1518,10 @@
 		*sep = '\0';
 
 		snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "[%s]", line);
-		dso = dso__new(name);
-
-		if (dso == NULL)
+		map = perf_session__new_module_map(self, start, name);
+		if (map == NULL)
 			goto out_delete_line;
-
-		map = map__new2(start, dso, MAP__FUNCTION);
-		if (map == NULL) {
-			dso__delete(dso);
-			goto out_delete_line;
-		}
-
-		snprintf(name, sizeof(name),
-			 "/sys/module/%s/notes/.note.gnu.build-id", line);
-		if (sysfs__read_build_id(name, dso->build_id,
-					 sizeof(dso->build_id)) == 0)
-			dso->has_build_id = true;
-
-		dso->origin = DSO__ORIG_KMODULE;
-		map_groups__insert(&self->kmaps, map);
-		dsos__add(&dsos__kernel, dso);
+		dso__kernel_module_get_build_id(map->dso);
 	}
 
 	free(line);
@@ -1573,10 +1599,28 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Say the kernel DSO was created when processing the build-id header table,
+	 * we have a build-id, so check if it is the same as the running kernel,
+	 * using it if it is.
+	 */
+	if (self->has_build_id) {
+		u8 kallsyms_build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE];
+
+		if (sysfs__read_build_id("/sys/kernel/notes", kallsyms_build_id,
+					 sizeof(kallsyms_build_id)) == 0)
+
+		is_kallsyms = dso__build_id_equal(self, kallsyms_build_id);
+		if (is_kallsyms)
+			goto do_kallsyms;
+		goto do_vmlinux;
+	}
+
 	is_kallsyms = self->long_name[0] == '[';
 	if (is_kallsyms)
 		goto do_kallsyms;
 
+do_vmlinux:
 	err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, map, session, self->long_name, filter);
 	if (err <= 0) {
 		pr_info("The file %s cannot be used, "
@@ -1694,16 +1738,12 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int map_groups__create_kernel_maps(struct map_groups *self,
-					  struct map *vmlinux_maps[MAP__NR_TYPES],
-					  const char *vmlinux)
+int __map_groups__create_kernel_maps(struct map_groups *self,
+				     struct map *vmlinux_maps[MAP__NR_TYPES],
+				     struct dso *kernel)
 {
-	struct dso *kernel = dsos__create_kernel(vmlinux);
 	enum map_type type;
 
-	if (kernel == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
 	for (type = 0; type < MAP__NR_TYPES; ++type) {
 		vmlinux_maps[type] = map__new2(0, kernel, type);
 		if (vmlinux_maps[type] == NULL)
@@ -1717,6 +1757,18 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int map_groups__create_kernel_maps(struct map_groups *self,
+					  struct map *vmlinux_maps[MAP__NR_TYPES],
+					  const char *vmlinux)
+{
+	struct dso *kernel = dsos__create_kernel(vmlinux);
+
+	if (kernel == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	return __map_groups__create_kernel_maps(self, vmlinux_maps, kernel);
+}
+
 static void vmlinux_path__exit(void)
 {
 	while (--vmlinux_path__nr_entries >= 0) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index ee0b459..594156e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 size_t dso__fprintf_buildid(struct dso *self, FILE *fp);
 size_t dso__fprintf(struct dso *self, enum map_type type, FILE *fp);
 char dso__symtab_origin(const struct dso *self);
+void dso__set_long_name(struct dso *self, char *name);
 void dso__set_build_id(struct dso *self, void *build_id);
 struct symbol *dso__find_symbol(struct dso *self, enum map_type type, u64 addr);
 struct symbol *dso__find_symbol_by_name(struct dso *self, enum map_type type,
@@ -151,5 +152,7 @@
 
 int perf_session__create_kernel_maps(struct perf_session *self);
 
+struct map *perf_session__new_module_map(struct perf_session *self, u64 start,
+					 const char *filename);
 extern struct dso *vdso;
 #endif /* __PERF_SYMBOL */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index c206f72..c06c135 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -67,4 +67,8 @@
 
 struct map *map_groups__find_by_name(struct map_groups *self,
 				     enum map_type type, const char *name);
+
+int __map_groups__create_kernel_maps(struct map_groups *self,
+				     struct map *vmlinux_maps[MAP__NR_TYPES],
+				     struct dso *kernel);
 #endif	/* __PERF_THREAD_H */