diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index e58d00d62f02..840ea0e59287 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ PERF_HAVE_JITDUMP := 1
 out    := $(OUTPUT)arch/powerpc/include/generated/asm
 header32 := $(out)/syscalls_32.c
 header64 := $(out)/syscalls_64.c
-syskrn := $(srctree)/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
 sysprf := $(srctree)/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls
 sysdef := $(sysprf)/syscall.tbl
 systbl := $(sysprf)/mksyscalltbl
@@ -23,15 +22,9 @@ systbl := $(sysprf)/mksyscalltbl
 _dummy := $(shell [ -d '$(out)' ] || mkdir -p '$(out)')
 
 $(header64): $(sysdef) $(systbl)
-	@(test -d ../../kernel -a -d ../../tools -a -d ../perf && ( \
-	(diff -B $(sysdef) $(syskrn) >/dev/null) \
-	|| echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at '$(sysdef)' differs from latest version at '$(syskrn)'" >&2 )) || true
 	$(Q)$(SHELL) '$(systbl)' '64' $(sysdef) > $@
 
 $(header32): $(sysdef) $(systbl)
-	@(test -d ../../kernel -a -d ../../tools -a -d ../perf && ( \
-	(diff -B $(sysdef) $(syskrn) >/dev/null) \
-	|| echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at '$(sysdef)' differs from latest version at '$(syskrn)'" >&2 )) || true
 	$(Q)$(SHELL) '$(systbl)' '32' $(sysdef) > $@
 
 clean::
diff --git a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
index 15ecb1803fb9..3c96fd3a7370 100755
--- a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ check arch/x86/lib/insn.c             '-I "^#include [\"<]\(../include/\)*asm/in
 
 # diff non-symmetric files
 check_2 tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+check_2 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
 
 for i in $BEAUTY_FILES; do
   beauty_check $i -B