diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 07db6cfad65b..d103084fcd56 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -3035,6 +3035,9 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	for (j = 0; j < num_matched_functions; j++) {
 		sym = syms[j];
 
+		if (sym->type != STT_FUNC)
+			continue;
+
 		/* There can be duplicated symbols in the map */
 		for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
 			if (sym->start == syms[i]->start) {