diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
index 29e75c051d04..230e94bf7775 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ bool die_is_func_def(Dwarf_Die *dw_die)
 int die_entrypc(Dwarf_Die *dw_die, Dwarf_Addr *addr)
 {
 	Dwarf_Addr base, end;
+	Dwarf_Attribute attr;
 
 	if (!addr)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -339,6 +340,13 @@ int die_entrypc(Dwarf_Die *dw_die, Dwarf_Addr *addr)
 	if (dwarf_entrypc(dw_die, addr) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 *  Since the dwarf_ranges() will return 0 if there is no
+	 * DW_AT_ranges attribute, we should check it first.
+	 */
+	if (!dwarf_attr(dw_die, DW_AT_ranges, &attr))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	return dwarf_ranges(dw_die, 0, &base, addr, &end) < 0 ? -ENOENT : 0;
 }