diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 67e3b9c9a7d4..47996766e3da 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5266,6 +5266,12 @@ static void perf_event_mmap_event(struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 
 		goto got_name;
 	} else {
+		if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->name) {
+			name = (char *) vma->vm_ops->name(vma);
+			if (name)
+				goto cpy_name;
+		}
+
 		name = (char *)arch_vma_name(vma);
 		if (name)
 			goto cpy_name;