diff --git a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
index f3e4bc5fe5d2..77c180637138 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ char *get_srcline(struct dso *dso, unsigned long addr)
 	if (!addr2line(dso_name, addr, &file, &line, dso))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (asprintf(&srcline, "%s:%u", file, line) < 0) {
+	if (asprintf(&srcline, "%s:%u", basename(file), line) < 0) {
 		free(file);
 		goto out;
 	}