return realname;
 }
 
-int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *name,
-                         struct nsinfo *nsi, bool is_kallsyms, bool is_vdso)
+int
+build_id_cache__add(const char *sbuild_id, const char *name, const char *realname,
+                   struct nsinfo *nsi, bool is_kallsyms, bool is_vdso)
 {
        const size_t size = PATH_MAX;
-       char *realname = NULL, *filename = NULL, *dir_name = NULL,
-            *linkname = zalloc(size), *tmp;
+       char *filename = NULL, *dir_name = NULL, *linkname = zalloc(size), *tmp;
        char *debugfile = NULL;
        int err = -1;
 
-       if (!is_kallsyms) {
-               if (!is_vdso)
-                       realname = nsinfo__realpath(name, nsi);
-               else
-                       realname = realpath(name, NULL);
-               if (!realname)
-                       goto out_free;
-       }
-
        dir_name = build_id_cache__cachedir(sbuild_id, name, nsi, is_kallsyms,
                                            is_vdso);
        if (!dir_name)
                pr_debug4("Failed to update/scan SDT cache for %s\n", realname);
 
 out_free:
-       if (!is_kallsyms)
-               free(realname);
        free(filename);
        free(debugfile);
        free(dir_name);
        return err;
 }
 
+int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *name,
+                         struct nsinfo *nsi, bool is_kallsyms, bool is_vdso)
+{
+       char *realname = NULL;
+       int err = -1;
+
+       if (!is_kallsyms) {
+               if (!is_vdso)
+                       realname = nsinfo__realpath(name, nsi);
+               else
+                       realname = realpath(name, NULL);
+               if (!realname)
+                       goto out_free;
+       }
+
+       err = build_id_cache__add(sbuild_id, name, realname, nsi, is_kallsyms, is_vdso);
+
+out_free:
+       if (!is_kallsyms)
+               free(realname);
+       return err;
+}
+
 static int build_id_cache__add_b(const struct build_id *bid,
                                 const char *name, struct nsinfo *nsi,
                                 bool is_kallsyms, bool is_vdso)
 
 int build_id_cache__list_build_ids(const char *pathname, struct nsinfo *nsi,
                                   struct strlist **result);
 bool build_id_cache__cached(const char *sbuild_id);
+int build_id_cache__add(const char *sbuild_id, const char *name, const char *realname,
+                       struct nsinfo *nsi, bool is_kallsyms, bool is_vdso);
 int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id,
                          const char *name, struct nsinfo *nsi,
                          bool is_kallsyms, bool is_vdso);