diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 94e31fa75f42..0d6619064a83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ ifneq ($(TCMALLOC),)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
+# We will display at the end of this Makefile.config, using $(call feature_display_entries)
+# As we may retry some feature detection here, see the disassembler-four-args case, for instance
+  FEATURE_DISPLAY_DEFERRED := 1
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
 else
 include $(FEATURES_DUMP)
@@ -1230,3 +1233,7 @@ $(call detected_var,PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
 # tests, see the block about libbfd, disassembler-four-args, for instance.
 $(shell rm -f $(FEATURE_DUMP_FILENAME))
 $(foreach feat,$(FEATURE_TESTS),$(shell echo "$(call feature_assign,$(feat))" >> $(FEATURE_DUMP_FILENAME)))
+
+ifeq ($(feature_display),1)
+  $(call feature_display_entries)
+endif