diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index b6f5970..1a36773 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,16 @@
 		if (!is_label && !elf_sym__is_a(&sym, map->type))
 			continue;
 
+		/* Reject ARM ELF "mapping symbols": these aren't unique and
+		 * don't identify functions, so will confuse the profile
+		 * output: */
+		if (ehdr.e_machine == EM_ARM) {
+			if (!strcmp(elf_name, "$a") ||
+			    !strcmp(elf_name, "$d") ||
+			    !strcmp(elf_name, "$t"))
+				continue;
+		}
+
 		if (opdsec && sym.st_shndx == opdidx) {
 			u32 offset = sym.st_value - opdshdr.sh_addr;
 			u64 *opd = opddata->d_buf + offset;