diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/SymbolDB.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/SymbolDB.cpp
index 6b6f72d33e..9e91b64457 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/SymbolDB.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/SymbolDB.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Symbol* SymbolDB::GetSymbolFromName(const std::string& name)
 {
   for (auto& func : functions)
   {
-    if (func.second.name == name)
+    if (func.second.function_name == name)
       return &func.second;
   }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/SymbolDB.h b/Source/Core/Common/SymbolDB.h
index db4f735683..8d2ae11614 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/SymbolDB.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/SymbolDB.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct Symbol
   };
 
   std::string name;
+  std::string function_name;   // stripped function name
   std::vector<SCall> callers;  // addresses of functions that call this function
   std::vector<SCall> calls;    // addresses of functions that are called by this function
   u32 hash = 0;                // use for HLE function finding
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PPCSymbolDB.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PPCSymbolDB.cpp
index 345ed2602c..f9a7d6efaf 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PPCSymbolDB.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PPCSymbolDB.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
 #include "Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h"
 #include "Core/PowerPC/SignatureDB.h"
 
+static std::string GetStrippedFunctionName(const std::string& symbol_name)
+{
+  std::string name = symbol_name.substr(0, symbol_name.find('('));
+  size_t position = name.find(' ');
+  if (position != std::string::npos)
+    name.erase(position);
+  return name;
+}
+
 PPCSymbolDB g_symbolDB;
 
 PPCSymbolDB::PPCSymbolDB()
@@ -62,6 +71,7 @@ void PPCSymbolDB::AddKnownSymbol(u32 startAddr, u32 size, const std::string& nam
     // already got it, let's just update name, checksum & size to be sure.
     Symbol* tempfunc = &iter->second;
     tempfunc->name = name;
+    tempfunc->function_name = GetStrippedFunctionName(name);
     tempfunc->hash = SignatureDB::ComputeCodeChecksum(startAddr, startAddr + size - 4);
     tempfunc->type = type;
     tempfunc->size = size;
@@ -77,6 +87,7 @@ void PPCSymbolDB::AddKnownSymbol(u32 startAddr, u32 size, const std::string& nam
     {
       PPCAnalyst::AnalyzeFunction(startAddr, tf, size);
       checksumToFunction[tf.hash] = &(functions[startAddr]);
+      tf.function_name = GetStrippedFunctionName(name);
     }
     tf.size = size;
     functions[startAddr] = tf;