diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index e7508ad..9362023 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 };
 
 static void dsos__add(struct list_head *head, struct dso *dso);
-static struct map *thread__find_map_by_name(struct thread *self, char *name);
+static struct map *map_groups__find_by_name(struct map_groups *self, char *name);
 static struct map *map__new2(u64 start, struct dso *dso, enum map_type type);
 struct symbol *dso__find_symbol(struct dso *self, enum map_type type, u64 addr);
 static int dso__load_kernel_sym(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
-				struct thread *thread, symbol_filter_t filter);
+				struct map_groups *mg, symbol_filter_t filter);
 unsigned int symbol__priv_size;
 static int vmlinux_path__nr_entries;
 static char **vmlinux_path;
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 	.try_vmlinux_path = true,
 };
 
-static struct thread kthread_mem;
-struct thread *kthread = &kthread_mem;
+static struct map_groups kmaps_mem;
+struct map_groups *kmaps = &kmaps_mem;
 
 bool dso__loaded(const struct dso *self, enum map_type type)
 {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 		curr->end = roundup(curr->start, 4096);
 }
 
-static void __thread__fixup_maps_end(struct thread *self, enum map_type type)
+static void __map_groups__fixup_end(struct map_groups *self, enum map_type type)
 {
 	struct map *prev, *curr;
 	struct rb_node *nd, *prevnd = rb_first(&self->maps[type]);
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@
 	curr->end = ~0UL;
 }
 
-static void thread__fixup_maps_end(struct thread *self)
+static void map_groups__fixup_end(struct map_groups *self)
 {
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i < MAP__NR_TYPES; ++i)
-		__thread__fixup_maps_end(self, i);
+		__map_groups__fixup_end(self, i);
 }
 
 static struct symbol *symbol__new(u64 start, u64 len, const char *name)
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@
  * kernel range is broken in several maps, named [kernel].N, as we don't have
  * the original ELF section names vmlinux have.
  */
-static int dso__split_kallsyms(struct dso *self, struct map *map, struct thread *thread,
-			       symbol_filter_t filter)
+static int dso__split_kallsyms(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
+			       struct map_groups *mg, symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
 	struct map *curr_map = map;
 	struct symbol *pos;
@@ -382,13 +382,13 @@
 
 		module = strchr(pos->name, '\t');
 		if (module) {
-			if (!thread->use_modules)
+			if (!mg->use_modules)
 				goto discard_symbol;
 
 			*module++ = '\0';
 
 			if (strcmp(self->name, module)) {
-				curr_map = thread__find_map_by_name(thread, module);
+				curr_map = map_groups__find_by_name(mg, module);
 				if (curr_map == NULL) {
 					pr_debug("/proc/{kallsyms,modules} "
 					         "inconsistency!\n");
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 			}
 
 			curr_map->map_ip = curr_map->unmap_ip = identity__map_ip;
-			__thread__insert_map(thread, curr_map);
+			map_groups__insert(mg, curr_map);
 			++kernel_range;
 		}
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 
 
 static int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
-			      struct thread *thread, symbol_filter_t filter)
+			      struct map_groups *mg, symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
 	if (dso__load_all_kallsyms(self, map) < 0)
 		return -1;
@@ -448,13 +448,13 @@
 	symbols__fixup_end(&self->symbols[map->type]);
 	self->origin = DSO__ORIG_KERNEL;
 
-	return dso__split_kallsyms(self, map, thread, filter);
+	return dso__split_kallsyms(self, map, mg, filter);
 }
 
 size_t kernel_maps__fprintf(FILE *fp)
 {
 	size_t printed = fprintf(fp, "Kernel maps:\n");
-	printed += thread__fprintf_maps(kthread, fp);
+	printed += map_groups__fprintf_maps(kmaps, fp);
 	return printed + fprintf(fp, "END kernel maps\n");
 }
 
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@
 }
 
 static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
-			 struct thread *thread, const char *name, int fd,
+			 struct map_groups *mg, const char *name, int fd,
 			 symbol_filter_t filter, int kernel, int kmodule)
 {
 	struct map *curr_map = map;
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@
 			snprintf(dso_name, sizeof(dso_name),
 				 "%s%s", self->short_name, section_name);
 
-			curr_map = thread__find_map_by_name(thread, dso_name);
+			curr_map = map_groups__find_by_name(mg, dso_name);
 			if (curr_map == NULL) {
 				u64 start = sym.st_value;
 
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
 				curr_map->map_ip = identity__map_ip;
 				curr_map->unmap_ip = identity__map_ip;
 				curr_dso->origin = DSO__ORIG_KERNEL;
-				__thread__insert_map(kthread, curr_map);
+				map_groups__insert(kmaps, curr_map);
 				dsos__add(&dsos__kernel, curr_dso);
 			} else
 				curr_dso = curr_map->dso;
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@
 	dso__set_loaded(self, map->type);
 
 	if (self->kernel)
-		return dso__load_kernel_sym(self, map, kthread, filter);
+		return dso__load_kernel_sym(self, map, kmaps, filter);
 
 	name = malloc(size);
 	if (!name)
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct map *thread__find_map_by_name(struct thread *self, char *name)
+static struct map *map_groups__find_by_name(struct map_groups *self, char *name)
 {
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@
 				 (int)(dot - dent->d_name), dent->d_name);
 
 			strxfrchar(dso_name, '-', '_');
-			map = thread__find_map_by_name(kthread, dso_name);
+			map = map_groups__find_by_name(kmaps, dso_name);
 			if (map == NULL)
 				continue;
 
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@
 	return self;
 }
 
-static int thread__create_module_maps(struct thread *self)
+static int map_groups__create_module_maps(struct map_groups *self)
 {
 	char *line = NULL;
 	size_t n;
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@
 			dso->has_build_id = true;
 
 		dso->origin = DSO__ORIG_KMODULE;
-		__thread__insert_map(self, map);
+		map_groups__insert(self, map);
 		dsos__add(&dsos__kernel, dso);
 	}
 
@@ -1353,7 +1353,8 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *self, struct map *map, struct thread *thread,
+static int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
+			     struct map_groups *mg,
 			     const char *vmlinux, symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
 	int err = -1, fd;
@@ -1387,14 +1388,14 @@
 		return -1;
 
 	dso__set_loaded(self, map->type);
-	err = dso__load_sym(self, map, thread, self->long_name, fd, filter, 1, 0);
+	err = dso__load_sym(self, map, mg, self->long_name, fd, filter, 1, 0);
 	close(fd);
 
 	return err;
 }
 
 static int dso__load_kernel_sym(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
-				struct thread *thread, symbol_filter_t filter)
+				struct map_groups *mg, symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
 	int err;
 	bool is_kallsyms;
@@ -1404,7 +1405,7 @@
 		pr_debug("Looking at the vmlinux_path (%d entries long)\n",
 			 vmlinux_path__nr_entries);
 		for (i = 0; i < vmlinux_path__nr_entries; ++i) {
-			err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, map, thread,
+			err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, map, mg,
 						vmlinux_path[i], filter);
 			if (err > 0) {
 				pr_debug("Using %s for symbols\n",
@@ -1420,12 +1421,12 @@
 	if (is_kallsyms)
 		goto do_kallsyms;
 
-	err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, map, thread, self->long_name, filter);
+	err = dso__load_vmlinux(self, map, mg, self->long_name, filter);
 	if (err <= 0) {
 		pr_info("The file %s cannot be used, "
 			"trying to use /proc/kallsyms...", self->long_name);
 do_kallsyms:
-		err = dso__load_kallsyms(self, map, thread, filter);
+		err = dso__load_kallsyms(self, map, mg, filter);
 		if (err > 0 && !is_kallsyms)
                         dso__set_long_name(self, strdup("[kernel.kallsyms]"));
 	}
@@ -1508,7 +1509,7 @@
 		__dsos__fprintf_buildid(&dsos__user, fp));
 }
 
-static int thread__create_kernel_map(struct thread *self, const char *vmlinux)
+static int map_groups__create_kernel_map(struct map_groups *self, const char *vmlinux)
 {
 	struct map *kmap;
 	struct dso *kernel = dso__new(vmlinux ?: "[kernel.kallsyms]");
@@ -1533,7 +1534,7 @@
 				 sizeof(kernel->build_id)) == 0)
 		kernel->has_build_id = true;
 
-	__thread__insert_map(self, kmap);
+	map_groups__insert(self, kmap);
 	dsos__add(&dsos__kernel, kernel);
 	dsos__add(&dsos__user, vdso);
 
@@ -1607,23 +1608,23 @@
 
 	elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
 	symbol__priv_size = pconf->priv_size;
-	thread__init(kthread, 0);
+	map_groups__init(kmaps);
 
 	if (pconf->try_vmlinux_path && vmlinux_path__init() < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (thread__create_kernel_map(kthread, pconf->vmlinux_name) < 0) {
+	if (map_groups__create_kernel_map(kmaps, pconf->vmlinux_name) < 0) {
 		vmlinux_path__exit();
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	kthread->use_modules = pconf->use_modules;
-	if (pconf->use_modules && thread__create_module_maps(kthread) < 0)
+	kmaps->use_modules = pconf->use_modules;
+	if (pconf->use_modules && map_groups__create_module_maps(kmaps) < 0)
 		pr_debug("Failed to load list of modules in use, "
 			 "continuing...\n");
 	/*
 	 * Now that we have all the maps created, just set the ->end of them:
 	 */
-	thread__fixup_maps_end(kthread);
+	map_groups__fixup_end(kmaps);
 	return 0;
 }