diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index f30f9566fddc6eac3b00fd66c71e304c0bd9b5d2..2439b122a4e4ab8b421ffbf72a0db23f428c8e2e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int thread__insert_map(struct thread *thread, struct map *map)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = unwind__prepare_access(thread, map);
+	ret = unwind__prepare_access(thread, map, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index 854711966cad2e5770c620e1504abf9631819e11..6d542a4e0648eeabb0cb58eda0cefbfa03d1028a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@ static void unwind__register_ops(struct thread *thread,
 	thread->unwind_libunwind_ops = ops;
 }
 
-int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread, struct map *map)
+int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread, struct map *map,
+			   bool *initialized)
 {
 	const char *arch;
 	enum dso_type dso_type;
 	struct unwind_libunwind_ops *ops = local_unwind_libunwind_ops;
+	int err;
 
 	if (thread->addr_space) {
 		pr_debug("unwind: thread map already set, dso=%s\n",
 			 map->dso->name);
+		if (initialized)
+			*initialized = true;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -51,7 +55,10 @@ int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread, struct map *map)
 out_register:
 	unwind__register_ops(thread, ops);
 
-	return thread->unwind_libunwind_ops->prepare_access(thread);
+	err = thread->unwind_libunwind_ops->prepare_access(thread);
+	if (initialized)
+		*initialized = err ? false : true;
+	return err;
 }
 
 void unwind__flush_access(struct thread *thread)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind.h b/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
index 84c6d44d52f98d9c6c7e4997ab6f812f68b414f8..61fb1e90ff5166c6c1f50f8446650cf302aa610d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 #endif
 
 int LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_ID(int regnum);
-int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread, struct map *map);
+int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread, struct map *map,
+			   bool *initialized);
 void unwind__flush_access(struct thread *thread);
 void unwind__finish_access(struct thread *thread);
 #else
 static inline int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
-					 struct map *map __maybe_unused)
+					 struct map *map __maybe_unused,
+					 bool *initialized __maybe_unused)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb __maybe_unused,
 }
 
 static inline int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
-					 struct map *map __maybe_unused)
+					 struct map *map __maybe_unused,
+					 bool *initialized __maybe_unused)
 {
 	return 0;
 }