diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 5c6e85fdae0d..00fec1bc32bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -1170,6 +1170,67 @@ ssize_t dso__data_read_offset(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine,
 	return data_read_write_offset(dso, machine, offset, data, size, true);
 }
 
+uint16_t dso__e_machine(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine)
+{
+	uint16_t e_machine = EM_NONE;
+	int fd;
+
+	switch (dso__binary_type(dso)) {
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KALLSYMS:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__VMLINUX:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_VMLINUX:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KMODULE:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KMODULE_COMP:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_KMODULE:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_KMODULE_COMP:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KCORE:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KCORE:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BPF_PROG_INFO:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BPF_IMAGE:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__OOL:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__JAVA_JIT:
+		return EM_HOST;
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__DEBUGLINK:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE_DEBUGINFO:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__SYSTEM_PATH_DSO:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__OPENEMBEDDED_DEBUGINFO:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__FEDORA_DEBUGINFO:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__MIXEDUP_UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO:
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO:
+		break;
+	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__NOT_FOUND:
+	default:
+		return EM_NONE;
+	}
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&dso__data_open_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * dso__data(dso)->fd might be closed if other thread opened another
+	 * file (dso) due to open file limit (RLIMIT_NOFILE).
+	 */
+	try_to_open_dso(dso, machine);
+	fd = dso__data(dso)->fd;
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		_Static_assert(offsetof(Elf32_Ehdr, e_machine) == 18, "Unexpected offset");
+		_Static_assert(offsetof(Elf64_Ehdr, e_machine) == 18, "Unexpected offset");
+		if (dso__needs_swap(dso) == DSO_SWAP__UNSET) {
+			unsigned char eidata;
+
+			if (pread(fd, &eidata, sizeof(eidata), EI_DATA) == sizeof(eidata))
+				dso__swap_init(dso, eidata);
+		}
+		if (dso__needs_swap(dso) != DSO_SWAP__UNSET &&
+		    pread(fd, &e_machine, sizeof(e_machine), 18) == sizeof(e_machine))
+			e_machine = DSO__SWAP(dso, uint16_t, e_machine);
+	}
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&dso__data_open_lock);
+	return e_machine;
+}
+
 /**
  * dso__data_read_addr - Read data from dso address
  * @dso: dso object
@@ -1525,6 +1586,33 @@ void dso__put(struct dso *dso)
 		RC_CHK_PUT(dso);
 }
 
+int dso__swap_init(struct dso *dso, unsigned char eidata)
+{
+	static unsigned int const endian = 1;
+
+	dso__set_needs_swap(dso, DSO_SWAP__NO);
+
+	switch (eidata) {
+	case ELFDATA2LSB:
+		/* We are big endian, DSO is little endian. */
+		if (*(unsigned char const *)&endian != 1)
+			dso__set_needs_swap(dso, DSO_SWAP__YES);
+		break;
+
+	case ELFDATA2MSB:
+		/* We are little endian, DSO is big endian. */
+		if (*(unsigned char const *)&endian != 0)
+			dso__set_needs_swap(dso, DSO_SWAP__YES);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		pr_err("unrecognized DSO data encoding %d\n", eidata);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void dso__set_build_id(struct dso *dso, struct build_id *bid)
 {
 	RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->bid = *bid;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index 4aa8c3d36566..38d9e3eac501 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -730,6 +730,8 @@ bool dso__sorted_by_name(const struct dso *dso);
 void dso__set_sorted_by_name(struct dso *dso);
 void dso__sort_by_name(struct dso *dso);
 
+int dso__swap_init(struct dso *dso, unsigned char eidata);
+
 void dso__set_build_id(struct dso *dso, struct build_id *bid);
 bool dso__build_id_equal(const struct dso *dso, struct build_id *bid);
 void dso__read_running_kernel_build_id(struct dso *dso,
@@ -818,6 +820,7 @@ int dso__data_file_size(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine);
 off_t dso__data_size(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine);
 ssize_t dso__data_read_offset(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine,
 			      u64 offset, u8 *data, ssize_t size);
+uint16_t dso__e_machine(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine);
 ssize_t dso__data_read_addr(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 			    struct machine *machine, u64 addr,
 			    u8 *data, ssize_t size);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 66fd1249660a..71df13a5722a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1173,33 +1173,6 @@ int filename__read_debuglink(const char *filename, char *debuglink,
 
 #endif
 
-static int dso__swap_init(struct dso *dso, unsigned char eidata)
-{
-	static unsigned int const endian = 1;
-
-	dso__set_needs_swap(dso, DSO_SWAP__NO);
-
-	switch (eidata) {
-	case ELFDATA2LSB:
-		/* We are big endian, DSO is little endian. */
-		if (*(unsigned char const *)&endian != 1)
-			dso__set_needs_swap(dso, DSO_SWAP__YES);
-		break;
-
-	case ELFDATA2MSB:
-		/* We are little endian, DSO is big endian. */
-		if (*(unsigned char const *)&endian != 0)
-			dso__set_needs_swap(dso, DSO_SWAP__YES);
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		pr_err("unrecognized DSO data encoding %d\n", eidata);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 bool symsrc__possibly_runtime(struct symsrc *ss)
 {
 	return ss->dynsym || ss->opdsec;
