diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 9101f7c..440c3b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@
 	/*
 	 * We can't annotate with just /proc/kallsyms
 	 */
-	if (map->dso->symtab_type == DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS) {
+	if (map->dso->symtab_type == DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS &&
+	    !dso__is_kcore(map->dso)) {
 		pr_err("Can't annotate %s: No vmlinux file was found in the "
 		       "path\n", sym->name);
 		sleep(1);