diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 8fba247b798c..006f522d0e7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1075,8 +1075,7 @@ static int grab_bb(u8 *buffer, u64 start, u64 end,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	dso = map__dso(al.map);
-	if (!thread__find_map(thread, *cpumode, start, &al) || !dso) {
+	if (!thread__find_map(thread, *cpumode, start, &al) || (dso = map__dso(al.map)) == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("\tcannot resolve %" PRIx64 "-%" PRIx64 "\n", start, end);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1106,9 +1105,9 @@ static int map__fprintf_srccode(struct map *map, u64 addr, FILE *fp, struct srcc
 	unsigned line;
 	int len;
 	char *srccode;
-	struct dso *dso = map__dso(map);
+	struct dso *dso;
 
-	if (!map || !dso)
+	if (!map || (dso = map__dso(map)) == NULL)
 		return 0;
 	srcfile = get_srcline_split(dso,
 				    map__rip_2objdump(map, addr),
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index ab70e5f5fad2..69c81759a64f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -2499,9 +2499,9 @@ add_annotate_opt(struct hist_browser *browser __maybe_unused,
 		 struct map_symbol *ms,
 		 u64 addr)
 {
-	struct dso *dso = map__dso(ms->map);
+	struct dso *dso;
 
-	if (!ms->map || !dso || dso->annotate_warned)
+	if (!ms->map || (dso = map__dso(ms->map)) == NULL || dso->annotate_warned)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!ms->sym)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index f2ffaf90648e..31b1cd0935e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ static int hist_entry__dcacheline_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
 
 	if (he->mem_info) {
 		struct map *map = he->mem_info->daddr.ms.map;
-		struct dso *dso = map__dso(map);
+		struct dso *dso = map ? map__dso(map) : NULL;
 
 		addr = cl_address(he->mem_info->daddr.al_addr, chk_double_cl);
 		ms = &he->mem_info->daddr.ms;