static int decompress_kmodule(struct dso *dso, const char *name,
                              enum dso_binary_type type)
 {
-       int fd;
-       const char *ext = strrchr(name, '.');
+       int fd = -1;
        char tmpbuf[] = "/tmp/perf-kmod-XXXXXX";
+       struct kmod_path m;
 
        if (type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_KMODULE_COMP &&
            type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KMODULE_COMP &&
            type != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE)
                return -1;
 
-       if (!ext || !is_supported_compression(ext + 1)) {
-               ext = strrchr(dso->name, '.');
-               if (!ext || !is_supported_compression(ext + 1))
-                       return -1;
-       }
+       if (type == DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE)
+               name = dso->long_name;
+
+       if (kmod_path__parse_ext(&m, name) || !m.comp)
+               return -1;
 
        fd = mkstemp(tmpbuf);
        if (fd < 0)
-               return -1;
+               goto out;
 
-       if (!decompress_to_file(ext + 1, name, fd)) {
+       if (!decompress_to_file(m.ext, name, fd)) {
                close(fd);
                fd = -1;
        }
 
        unlink(tmpbuf);
 
+out:
+       free(m.ext);
        return fd;
 }