diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/prctl_option.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/prctl_option.sh
index 8059342ca412..9455d9672f14 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/prctl_option.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/prctl_option.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 [ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/linux/
 
 printf "static const char *prctl_options[] = {\n"
-regex='^#define[[:space:]]{1}PR_(\w+)[[:space:]]*([[:xdigit:]]+)([[:space:]]*\/.*)?$'
+regex='^#define[[:space:]]{1}PR_(\w+)[[:space:]]*([[:xdigit:]]+)([[:space:]]*/.*)?$'
 grep -E $regex ${header_dir}/prctl.h | grep -v PR_SET_PTRACER | \
-	sed -r "s/$regex/\2 \1/g"	| \
+	sed -E "s%$regex%\2 \1%g"	| \
 	sort -n | xargs printf "\t[%s] = \"%s\",\n"
 printf "};\n"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/socket.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/socket.sh
index 8bc7ba62203e..670c6db298ae 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/socket.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/socket.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ grep -E $ipproto_regex ${uapi_header_dir}/in.h | \
 printf "};\n\n"
 
 printf "static const char *socket_level[] = {\n"
-socket_level_regex='^#define[[:space:]]+SOL_(\w+)[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)([[:space:]]+\/.*)?'
+socket_level_regex='^#define[[:space:]]+SOL_(\w+)[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)([[:space:]]+/.*)?'
 
 grep -E $socket_level_regex ${beauty_header_dir}/socket.h | \
-	sed -r "s/$socket_level_regex/\2 \1/g"	| \
+	sed -E "s%$socket_level_regex%\2 \1%g"	| \
 	sort -n | xargs printf "\t[%s] = \"%s\",\n"
 printf "};\n\n"