diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
index 60c5e34f90c4..bf4c1fb71c4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
 # Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>, 2017
 
 perf probe -l 2>&1 | grep -q probe:vfs_getname
@@ -10,11 +11,11 @@ cleanup_probe_vfs_getname() {
 }
 
 add_probe_vfs_getname() {
-	local verbose=$1
+	add_probe_verbose=$1
 	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
 		line=$(perf probe -L getname_flags 2>&1 | grep -E 'result.*=.*filename;' | sed -r 's/[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]+result->uptr.*/\1/')
 		perf probe -q       "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string" || \
-		perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:ustring"
+		perf probe $add_probe_verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:ustring"
 	fi
 }