return -1;
 
                bev.header = old_bev.header;
-               bev.pid    = 0;
+
+               /*
+                * As the pid is the missing value, we need to fill
+                * it properly. The header.misc value give us nice hint.
+                */
+               bev.pid = HOST_KERNEL_ID;
+               if (bev.header.misc == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER ||
+                   bev.header.misc == PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL)
+                       bev.pid = DEFAULT_GUEST_KERNEL_ID;
+
                memcpy(bev.build_id, old_bev.build_id, sizeof(bev.build_id));
                __event_process_build_id(&bev, filename, session);
 
 
        return ret;
 }
 
-struct dso *dso__new_kernel(const char *name)
+static struct dso*
+dso__kernel_findnew(struct machine *machine, const char *name,
+                   const char *short_name, int dso_type)
 {
-       struct dso *dso = dso__new(name ?: "[kernel.kallsyms]");
-
-       if (dso != NULL) {
-               dso__set_short_name(dso, "[kernel]");
-               dso->kernel = DSO_TYPE_KERNEL;
-       }
-
-       return dso;
-}
+       /*
+        * The kernel dso could be created by build_id processing.
+        */
+       struct dso *dso = __dsos__findnew(&machine->kernel_dsos, name);
 
-static struct dso *dso__new_guest_kernel(struct machine *machine,
-                                       const char *name)
-{
-       char bf[PATH_MAX];
-       struct dso *dso = dso__new(name ?: machine__mmap_name(machine, bf,
-                                                             sizeof(bf)));
+       /*
+        * We need to run this in all cases, since during the build_id
+        * processing we had no idea this was the kernel dso.
+        */
        if (dso != NULL) {
-               dso__set_short_name(dso, "[guest.kernel]");
-               dso->kernel = DSO_TYPE_GUEST_KERNEL;
+               dso__set_short_name(dso, short_name);
+               dso->kernel = dso_type;
        }
 
        return dso;
                dso->has_build_id = true;
 }
 
-static struct dso *machine__create_kernel(struct machine *machine)
+static struct dso *machine__get_kernel(struct machine *machine)
 {
        const char *vmlinux_name = NULL;
        struct dso *kernel;
 
        if (machine__is_host(machine)) {
                vmlinux_name = symbol_conf.vmlinux_name;
-               kernel = dso__new_kernel(vmlinux_name);
+               if (!vmlinux_name)
+                       vmlinux_name = "[kernel.kallsyms]";
+
+               kernel = dso__kernel_findnew(machine, vmlinux_name,
+                                            "[kernel]",
+                                            DSO_TYPE_KERNEL);
        } else {
+               char bf[PATH_MAX];
+
                if (machine__is_default_guest(machine))
                        vmlinux_name = symbol_conf.default_guest_vmlinux_name;
-               kernel = dso__new_guest_kernel(machine, vmlinux_name);
+               if (!vmlinux_name)
+                       vmlinux_name = machine__mmap_name(machine, bf,
+                                                         sizeof(bf));
+
+               kernel = dso__kernel_findnew(machine, vmlinux_name,
+                                            "[guest.kernel]",
+                                            DSO_TYPE_GUEST_KERNEL);
        }
 
-       if (kernel != NULL) {
+       if (kernel != NULL && (!kernel->has_build_id))
                dso__read_running_kernel_build_id(kernel, machine);
-               dsos__add(&machine->kernel_dsos, kernel);
-       }
+
        return kernel;
 }
 
 
 int machine__create_kernel_maps(struct machine *machine)
 {
-       struct dso *kernel = machine__create_kernel(machine);
+       struct dso *kernel = machine__get_kernel(machine);
 
        if (kernel == NULL ||
            __machine__create_kernel_maps(machine, kernel) < 0)