diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 0975438..b580fa8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -263,6 +263,18 @@
 		       sym->name);
 }
 
+size_t symbol__fprintf_symname(const struct symbol *sym, FILE *fp)
+{
+	const char *symname;
+
+	if (sym && sym->name)
+		symname = sym->name;
+	else
+		symname = "[unknown]";
+
+	return fprintf(fp, "%s", symname);
+}
+
 void dso__set_long_name(struct dso *dso, char *name)
 {
 	if (name == NULL)