double                  runtime_ms;
 };
 
-static int thread__read_fd_path(struct thread *thread, int fd)
+static int trace__set_fd_pathname(struct thread *thread, int fd, const char *pathname)
 {
        struct thread_trace *ttrace = thread->priv;
-       char linkname[PATH_MAX], pathname[PATH_MAX];
-       struct stat st;
-       int ret;
-
-       if (thread->pid_ == thread->tid) {
-               scnprintf(linkname, sizeof(linkname),
-                         "/proc/%d/fd/%d", thread->pid_, fd);
-       } else {
-               scnprintf(linkname, sizeof(linkname),
-                         "/proc/%d/task/%d/fd/%d", thread->pid_, thread->tid, fd);
-       }
-
-       if (lstat(linkname, &st) < 0 || st.st_size + 1 > (off_t)sizeof(pathname))
-               return -1;
-
-       ret = readlink(linkname, pathname, sizeof(pathname));
-
-       if (ret < 0 || ret > st.st_size)
-               return -1;
-
-       pathname[ret] = '\0';
 
        if (fd > ttrace->paths.max) {
                char **npath = realloc(ttrace->paths.table, (fd + 1) * sizeof(char *));
        return ttrace->paths.table[fd] != NULL ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
+static int thread__read_fd_path(struct thread *thread, int fd)
+{
+       char linkname[PATH_MAX], pathname[PATH_MAX];
+       struct stat st;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (thread->pid_ == thread->tid) {
+               scnprintf(linkname, sizeof(linkname),
+                         "/proc/%d/fd/%d", thread->pid_, fd);
+       } else {
+               scnprintf(linkname, sizeof(linkname),
+                         "/proc/%d/task/%d/fd/%d", thread->pid_, thread->tid, fd);
+       }
+
+       if (lstat(linkname, &st) < 0 || st.st_size + 1 > (off_t)sizeof(pathname))
+               return -1;
+
+       ret = readlink(linkname, pathname, sizeof(pathname));
+
+       if (ret < 0 || ret > st.st_size)
+               return -1;
+
+       pathname[ret] = '\0';
+       return trace__set_fd_pathname(thread, fd, pathname);
+}
+
 static const char *thread__fd_path(struct thread *thread, int fd, bool live)
 {
        struct thread_trace *ttrace = thread->priv;