diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 8141583..25c8173 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -324,8 +324,9 @@
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "skip-missing", &annotate.skip_missing,
 		    "Skip symbols that cannot be annotated"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &annotate.cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
-		   "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "symfs", NULL, "directory",
+		     "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory",
+		     symbol__config_symfs),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "source", &symbol_conf.annotate_src,
 		    "Interleave source code with assembly code (default)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "asm-raw", &symbol_conf.annotate_asm_raw,