diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 2340c4f6d0c2..67414944f245 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ void dso__delete(struct dso *dso)
 	auxtrace_cache__free(RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->auxtrace_cache);
 	dso_cache__free(dso);
 	dso__free_a2l(dso);
-	zfree(&RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->symsrc_filename);
+	dso__free_symsrc_filename(dso);
 	nsinfo__zput(RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->nsinfo);
 	mutex_destroy(dso__lock(dso));
 	RC_CHK_FREE(dso);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index 878c1f441868..ed0068251c65 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -602,6 +602,11 @@ static inline void dso__set_symsrc_filename(struct dso *dso, char *val)
 	RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->symsrc_filename = val;
 }
 
+static inline void dso__free_symsrc_filename(struct dso *dso)
+{
+	zfree(&RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->symsrc_filename);
+}
+
 static inline enum dso_binary_type dso__symtab_type(const struct dso *dso)
 {
 	return RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->symtab_type;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
index f6a6f6a91030..16c2b03831f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int read_unwind_spec_debug_frame(struct dso *dso,
 							__func__,
 							dso__symsrc_filename(dso),
 							debuglink);
-					zfree(&dso__symsrc_filename(dso));
+					dso__free_symsrc_filename(dso);
 				}
 				dso__set_symsrc_filename(dso, debuglink);
 			} else {