diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 37a08f20730af9b5eb6af41e84a5525b050030a6..b02992efb51383c06ce507adcba261100e101dd8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -177,8 +177,10 @@ void hists__calc_col_len(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 	hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_LOCAL_WEIGHT, 12);
 	hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_GLOBAL_WEIGHT, 12);
 
-	if (h->srcline)
-		hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_SRCLINE, strlen(h->srcline));
+	if (h->srcline) {
+		len = MAX(strlen(h->srcline), strlen(sort_srcline.se_header));
+		hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_SRCLINE, len);
+	}
 
 	if (h->srcfile)
 		hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_SRCFILE, strlen(h->srcfile));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 28c0524c87026a213f6f2af95cc71bb6d30f251d..9505483cb95cbaf40a9082b46371a2e0287f91b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ extern struct sort_entry sort_dso_from;
 extern struct sort_entry sort_dso_to;
 extern struct sort_entry sort_sym_from;
 extern struct sort_entry sort_sym_to;
+extern struct sort_entry sort_srcline;
 extern enum sort_type sort__first_dimension;
 extern const char default_mem_sort_order[];