diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 94ed98dd899f..57099687e5e1 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ __faddr2line() {
 	# section offsets.
 	local file_type=$(${READELF} --file-header $objfile |
 		${AWK} '$1 == "Type:" { print $2; exit }')
-	[[ $file_type = "EXEC" ]] && is_vmlinux=1
+	if [[ $file_type = "EXEC" ]] || [[ $file_type == "DYN" ]]; then
+		is_vmlinux=1
+	fi
 
 	# Go through each of the object's symbols which match the func name.
 	# In rare cases there might be duplicates, in which case we print all