4 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/cover/report.go b/pkg/cover/report.go
index e50e11d13..234c30823 100644
--- a/pkg/cover/report.go
+++ b/pkg/cover/report.go
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ type Prog struct {
 	PCs  []uint64
 }
 
-var (
-	RestorePC             = backend.RestorePC
-	PreviousInstructionPC = backend.PreviousInstructionPC
-)
+var RestorePC = backend.RestorePC
 
 func MakeReportGenerator(target *targets.Target, vm, objDir, srcDir, buildDir string) (*ReportGenerator, error) {
 	if objDir == "" {
diff --git a/pkg/cover/report_test.go b/pkg/cover/report_test.go
index afda03203..63f1ff50a 100644
--- a/pkg/cover/report_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cover/report_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/syzkaller/pkg/cover/backend"
 	"github.com/google/syzkaller/pkg/osutil"
 	"github.com/google/syzkaller/pkg/symbolizer"
 	_ "github.com/google/syzkaller/sys"
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ func generateReport(t *testing.T, target *targets.Target, test Test) ([]byte, []
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			pcs = append(pcs, PreviousInstructionPC(target, pc))
+			pcs = append(pcs, backend.PreviousInstructionPC(target, pc))
 			t.Logf("using exact coverage PC 0x%x", pcs[0])
 		} else if target.OS == runtime.GOOS && (target.Arch == runtime.GOARCH || target.VMArch == runtime.GOARCH) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/syz-manager/covfilter.go b/syz-manager/covfilter.go
index db4c5a64f..fc3c674f8 100644
--- a/syz-manager/covfilter.go
+++ b/syz-manager/covfilter.go
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ import (
 func createCoverageFilter(cfg *mgrconfig.Config) (string, map[uint32]uint32, error) {
 	pcs := make(map[uint32]uint32)
 	filter := &cfg.CovFilter
-	if len(filter.Files) != 0 || len(filter.Functions) != 0 {
-		rg, err := getReportGenerator(cfg)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", nil, err
-		}
-		if err := initFilesFuncs(pcs, filter.Files, filter.Functions, rg); err != nil {
-			return "", nil, err
-		}
+	// Always initialize ReportGenerator because RPCServer.NewInput will need it to filter coverage.
+	rg, err := getReportGenerator(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	if err := initFilesFuncs(pcs, filter.Files, filter.Functions, rg); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
 	}
 	if err := initWeightedPCs(pcs, filter.RawPCs); err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
diff --git a/syz-manager/rpc.go b/syz-manager/rpc.go
index e17489994..7ea1c5a23 100644
--- a/syz-manager/rpc.go
+++ b/syz-manager/rpc.go
@@ -250,11 +250,15 @@ func (serv *RPCServer) NewInput(a *rpctype.NewInputArgs, r *int) error {
 	}
 	diff := serv.corpusCover.MergeDiff(a.Cover)
 	serv.stats.corpusCover.set(len(serv.corpusCover))
-	if serv.coverFilter != nil {
+	if len(diff) != 0 && serv.coverFilter != nil {
+		// Note: ReportGenerator is already initialized if coverFilter is enabled.
+		rg, err := getReportGenerator(serv.cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		filtered := 0
 		for _, pc := range diff {
-			prevPC := uint32(cover.PreviousInstructionPC(serv.cfg.SysTarget, uint64(pc)))
-			if serv.coverFilter[prevPC] != 0 {
+			if serv.coverFilter[uint32(rg.RestorePC(pc))] != 0 {
 				filtered++
 			}
 		}