* have no _text sometimes.
         */
        err = perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(tool, process_synthesized_event,
-                                                machine, "_text");
-       if (err < 0)
-               err = perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(tool, process_synthesized_event,
-                                                        machine, "_stext");
+                                                machine);
        if (err < 0)
                pr_err("Couldn't record guest kernel [%d]'s reference"
                       " relocation symbol.\n", machine->pid);
        }
 
        err = perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(tool, process_synthesized_event,
-                                                machine, "_text");
-       if (err < 0)
-               err = perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(tool, process_synthesized_event,
-                                                        machine, "_stext");
+                                                machine);
        if (err < 0)
                pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol\n"
                       "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n"
 
 
 int perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(struct perf_tool *tool,
                                       perf_event__handler_t process,
-                                      struct machine *machine,
-                                      const char *symbol_name)
+                                      struct machine *machine)
 {
        size_t size;
-       const char *filename, *mmap_name;
-       char path[PATH_MAX];
+       const char *mmap_name;
        char name_buff[PATH_MAX];
        struct map *map;
-       u64 start;
+       struct kmap *kmap;
        int err;
        /*
         * We should get this from /sys/kernel/sections/.text, but till that is
                 * see kernel/perf_event.c __perf_event_mmap
                 */
                event->header.misc = PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
-               filename = "/proc/kallsyms";
        } else {
                event->header.misc = PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL;
-               if (machine__is_default_guest(machine))
-                       filename = (char *) symbol_conf.default_guest_kallsyms;
-               else {
-                       sprintf(path, "%s/proc/kallsyms", machine->root_dir);
-                       filename = path;
-               }
-       }
-
-       start = kallsyms__get_function_start(filename, symbol_name);
-       if (!start) {
-               free(event);
-               return -ENOENT;
        }
 
        map = machine->vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION];
+       kmap = map__kmap(map);
        size = snprintf(event->mmap.filename, sizeof(event->mmap.filename),
-                       "%s%s", mmap_name, symbol_name) + 1;
+                       "%s%s", mmap_name, kmap->ref_reloc_sym->name) + 1;
        size = PERF_ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
        event->mmap.header.type = PERF_RECORD_MMAP;
        event->mmap.header.size = (sizeof(event->mmap) -
                        (sizeof(event->mmap.filename) - size) + machine->id_hdr_size);
-       event->mmap.pgoff = start;
+       event->mmap.pgoff = kmap->ref_reloc_sym->addr;
        event->mmap.start = map->start;
        event->mmap.len   = map->end - event->mmap.start;
        event->mmap.pid   = machine->pid;
 
                                   struct machine *machine, bool mmap_data);
 int perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(struct perf_tool *tool,
                                       perf_event__handler_t process,
-                                      struct machine *machine,
-                                      const char *symbol_name);
+                                      struct machine *machine);
 
 int perf_event__synthesize_modules(struct perf_tool *tool,
                                   perf_event__handler_t process,