diff --git a/internal/driver/webui_test.go b/internal/driver/webui_test.go
index 4a7b31d324..59622eac04 100644
--- a/internal/driver/webui_test.go
+++ b/internal/driver/webui_test.go
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ func TestWebInterface(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{"300ms.*F1", "200ms.*300ms.*F2"}, false},
 		{"/disasm?f=" + url.QueryEscape("F[12]"),
 			[]string{"f1:asm", "f2:asm"}, false},
+		{"/disasm?f=" + url.QueryEscape("^F2$"),
+			[]string{"ROUTINE ======================== F2"}, false},
 		{"/flamegraph", []string{
 			"File: testbin",
 			// Check that interesting frames are included.
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ func (f fakeObj) SourceLine(addr uint64) ([]plugin.Frame, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("SourceLine unimplemented")
 }
 func (f fakeObj) Symbols(r *regexp.Regexp, addr uint64) ([]*plugin.Sym, error) {
-	return []*plugin.Sym{
+	syms := []*plugin.Sym{
 		{
 			Name: []string{"F1"}, File: fakeSource,
 			Start: addrBase, End: addrBase + 10,
@@ -181,7 +183,17 @@ func (f fakeObj) Symbols(r *regexp.Regexp, addr uint64) ([]*plugin.Sym, error) {
 			Name: []string{"F3"}, File: fakeSource,
 			Start: addrBase + 20, End: addrBase + 30,
 		},
-	}, nil
+	}
+	if r == nil {
+		return syms, nil
+	}
+	var matched []*plugin.Sym
+	for _, sym := range syms {
+		if r.MatchString(sym.Name[0]) {
+			matched = append(matched, sym)
+		}
+	}
+	return matched, nil
 }
 
 type fakeObjTool struct{}
diff --git a/internal/report/report.go b/internal/report/report.go
index 73a601c3e3..951bb16908 100644
--- a/internal/report/report.go
+++ b/internal/report/report.go
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func symbolsFromBinaries(prof *profile.Profile, g *graph.Graph, rx *regexp.Regex
 	// samples and are matched to the regexp.
 	fileHasSamplesAndMatched := make(map[string]bool)
 	for _, n := range g.Nodes {
-		if name := n.Info.PrintableName(); rx.MatchString(name) && n.Info.Objfile != "" {
+		if n.Info.Objfile != "" && (rx.MatchString(n.Info.Name) || rx.MatchString(n.Info.PrintableName())) {
 			fileHasSamplesAndMatched[n.Info.Objfile] = true
 		}
 	}