diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 3e76a0efd15c..91b8cfb045ec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1701,10 +1701,11 @@ int kcore_copy(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir)
 	struct kcore kcore;
 	struct kcore extract;
 	int idx = 0, err = -1;
-	off_t offset, sz, modules_offset = 0;
+	off_t offset, sz;
 	struct kcore_copy_info kci = { .stext = 0, };
 	char kcore_filename[PATH_MAX];
 	char extract_filename[PATH_MAX];
+	struct phdr_data *p;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kci.phdrs);
 
@@ -1733,14 +1734,10 @@ int kcore_copy(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir)
 		 gelf_fsize(extract.elf, ELF_T_PHDR, kci.phnum, EV_CURRENT);
 	offset = round_up(offset, page_size);
 
-	if (kcore__add_phdr(&extract, idx++, offset, kci.kernel_map.addr,
-			    kci.kernel_map.len))
-		goto out_extract_close;
+	kcore_copy__for_each_phdr(&kci, p) {
+		off_t offs = p->rel + offset;
 
-	if (kci.modules_map.addr) {
-		modules_offset = offset + kci.kernel_map.len;
-		if (kcore__add_phdr(&extract, idx, modules_offset,
-				    kci.modules_map.addr, kci.modules_map.len))
+		if (kcore__add_phdr(&extract, idx++, offs, p->addr, p->len))
 			goto out_extract_close;
 	}
 
@@ -1748,14 +1745,12 @@ int kcore_copy(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir)
 	if (sz < 0 || sz > offset)
 		goto out_extract_close;
 
-	if (copy_bytes(kcore.fd, kci.kernel_map.offset, extract.fd, offset,
-		       kci.kernel_map.len))
-		goto out_extract_close;
+	kcore_copy__for_each_phdr(&kci, p) {
+		off_t offs = p->rel + offset;
 
-	if (modules_offset && copy_bytes(kcore.fd, kci.modules_map.offset,
-					 extract.fd, modules_offset,
-					 kci.modules_map.len))
-		goto out_extract_close;
+		if (copy_bytes(kcore.fd, p->offset, extract.fd, offs, p->len))
+			goto out_extract_close;
+	}
 
 	if (kcore_copy__compare_file(from_dir, to_dir, "modules"))
 		goto out_extract_close;