diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
index 701130ad43a294..ef4da4295bf7f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
@@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ int symbol__tui_annotate(struct map_symbol *ms, struct evsel *evsel,
 	err = symbol__annotate2(ms, evsel, opts, &browser.arch);
 	if (err) {
 		char msg[BUFSIZ];
+		ms->map->dso->annotate_warned = true;
 		symbol__strerror_disassemble(ms, err, msg, sizeof(msg));
 		ui__error("Couldn't annotate %s:\n%s", sym->name, msg);
 		goto out_free_offsets;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/annotate.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/annotate.c
index 94167bfed7221e..0a50e962f9a386 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/annotate.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ static int symbol__gtk_annotate(struct map_symbol *ms, struct evsel *evsel,
 	err = symbol__annotate(ms, evsel, &annotation__default_options, NULL);
 	if (err) {
 		char msg[BUFSIZ];
+		ms->map->dso->annotate_warned = true;
 		symbol__strerror_disassemble(ms, err, msg, sizeof(msg));
 		ui__error("Couldn't annotate %s: %s\n", sym->name, msg);
 		return -1;