diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/symbol.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/symbol.c
index 7088206..504ac31 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/symbol.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/symbol.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 	return p - ptr;
 }
 
-int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self)
+static int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self)
 {
 	struct rb_node *nd, *prevnd;
 	char *line = NULL;
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *self, const char *vmlinux)
+static int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *self, const char *vmlinux)
 {
 	int err, fd = open(vmlinux, O_RDONLY);
 
@@ -423,6 +423,19 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
+int dso__load_kernel(struct dso *self, const char *vmlinux)
+{
+	int err = -1;
+
+	if (vmlinux)
+		err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, vmlinux);
+
+	if (err)
+		err = dso__load_kallsyms(self);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 void symbol__init(void)
 {
 	elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/symbol.h b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/symbol.h
index 9e120af..db2fdf9 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/symbol.h
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/symbol.h
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 
 struct symbol *dso__find_symbol(struct dso *self, uint64_t ip);
 
-int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self);
-int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *self, const char *vmlinux);
+int dso__load_kernel(struct dso *self, const char *vmlinux);
 int dso__load(struct dso *self);
 
 size_t dso__fprintf(struct dso *self, FILE *fp);