diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index be8bb9a77287..58b2d37ae23a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ endif
 
 feature_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
 define feature_check_code
-  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) LIBUNWIND_LIBS="$(LIBUNWIND_LIBS)" -C config/feature-checks test-$1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
+  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" LIBUNWIND_LIBS="$(LIBUNWIND_LIBS)" -C config/feature-checks test-$1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
 endef
 
 feature_set = $(eval $(feature_set_code))
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(LIB_INCLUDE)
 CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 ifndef NO_BIONIC
-  $(feature_check,bionic)
+  $(call feature_check,bionic)
   ifeq ($(feature-bionic), 1)
     BIONIC := 1
     EXTLIBS := $(filter-out -lrt,$(EXTLIBS))
@@ -479,15 +479,15 @@ else
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE_SUPPORT
   else
     ifneq ($(feature-libbfd), 1)
-      $(feature_check,liberty)
+      $(call feature_check,liberty)
       ifeq ($(feature-liberty), 1)
         EXTLIBS += -lbfd -liberty
       else
-        $(feature_check,liberty-z)
+        $(call feature_check,liberty-z)
         ifeq ($(feature-liberty-z), 1)
           EXTLIBS += -lbfd -liberty -lz
         else
-          $(feature_check,cplus-demangle)
+          $(call feature_check,cplus-demangle)
           ifeq ($(feature-cplus-demangle), 1)
             EXTLIBS += -liberty
             CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE_SUPPORT