diff --git a/pmap.c b/pmap.c
index d9bcece0..f2bb555c 100644
--- a/pmap.c
+++ b/pmap.c
@@ -212,12 +212,12 @@ out_destroy:
 	return;
 }
 
-static char *mapping_name(struct pids_stack *p, unsigned long addr,
+static const char *mapping_name(struct pids_stack *p, unsigned long addr,
 				unsigned long len, const char *mapbuf_b,
 				unsigned showpath, unsigned dev_major,
 				unsigned dev_minor, unsigned long long inode)
 {
-	char *cp;
+	const char *cp;
 
 	if (!dev_major && dev_minor == shm_minor && strstr(mapbuf_b, "/SYSV")) {
 		static char shmbuf[64];
@@ -232,14 +232,6 @@ static char *mapping_name(struct pids_stack *p, unsigned long addr,
 		return cp[1] ? cp + 1 : cp;
 	}
 
-	cp = strchr(mapbuf_b, '/');
-	if (cp) {
-		if (showpath)
-			return cp;
-		/* it WILL succeed */
-		return strrchr(cp, '/') + 1;
-	}
-
 	cp = _("  [ anon ]");
 	if (PIDS_VAL(start_stack, ul_int, p, Pids_info) >= addr
 	&& (PIDS_VAL(start_stack, ul_int, p, Pids_info) <= addr + len))