diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index bbc1a50768dd..873f19f1a771 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -27,15 +27,16 @@ void arch__elf_sym_adjust(GElf_Sym *sym)
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
 int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
 			     struct symbol *symb __maybe_unused)
 {
 	char *sym = syma->name;
 
+#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
 	/* Skip over any initial dot */
 	if (*sym == '.')
 		sym++;
+#endif
 
 	/* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */
 	if (strlen(sym) >= 3 && !strncmp(sym, "SyS", 3))
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
 	return SYMBOL_A;
 }
 
+#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
 /* Allow matching against dot variants */
 int arch__compare_symbol_names(const char *namea, const char *nameb)
 {