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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 873ab505ca80..590793cc5142 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -214,14 +214,24 @@ struct comm *thread__comm(const struct thread *thread)
struct comm *thread__exec_comm(const struct thread *thread)
{
- struct comm *comm, *last = NULL;
+ struct comm *comm, *last = NULL, *second_last = NULL;
list_for_each_entry(comm, &thread->comm_list, list) {
if (comm->exec)
return comm;
+ second_last = last;
last = comm;
}
+ /*
+ * 'last' with no start time might be the parent's comm of a synthesized
+ * thread (created by processing a synthesized fork event). For a main
+ * thread, that is very probably wrong. Prefer a later comm to avoid
+ * that case.
+ */
+ if (second_last && !last->start && thread->pid_ == thread->tid)
+ return second_last;
+
return last;
}